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<blockquote data-quote="hanginginthere" data-source="post: 354832"><p>Thanks Sharon for your post. Her diagnosis is ADD/ADHD, ODD, Sensory Integration Disorder (SID) and she is considered to be on the Autism Spectrum with Aspergers. She was in general ed Kindergarten, with a 1-1 para, and in first grade was transferred to another school into a 12-1-1 class, still with a para. She was doing so well there by third grade that they felt it was time to move her towards mainstreaming, so she was placed in the CTT class, and the para was removed. She has had a real up and down year in this environment, and although she receives in-school counseling, Occupational Therapist (OT), PT and outside counseling, her behaviors both at school and home have escalated.</p><p></p><p>It certainly didn't help that her therapist of the last 3 years left, and she had to transition to a new therapist, whom she is still not being totally open with. </p><p></p><p>I am a single parent, and it has not been an easy road. Although I have good friends who help out when they can, my family are scattered around and dealing with their own issues, and her father is not involved and his family is in England and only in touch occasionally. She has come so far, and I am beside myself at the moment as to what to do next. I am going go to speak to the assistant principal today and we are going to her therapist this afternoon, and I got her to agree to talk with both of us about the testing and her anxiety about it, and am going to try and get an appointment with a psychiatrist before I head into the new job and see about convincing her to try medications.</p><p></p><p>She is strong-willed, and her relationship with my sister is one of her most prized. My sister lived with us until my difficult child was 3 and they have an intensely close bond. She has told her that she can talk to her whenever she is upset and that she won't divulge to me what they discuss, which makes it difficult. My sister has her own issues with un-treated depression and probably is bi-polar, and she and I have a contentious relationship, only made worse by her perceptions of what I am doing to help my daughter. I've been actually said to her that if she continues to discuss the pitfalls of medication with my daughter that I will cut her off and not let her see her anymore but I hope that it doesn't come to that. I know that my daughter needs to feel that she has a refuge, and especially living in a city like New York, I want to know that if she does run away, she won't go far.</p><p></p><p>Just having someone else to talk to who has been or is going through this is incredibly helpful! Thanks for listening, and for whatever advice or help you can offer.</p><p></p><p>all the best,</p><p></p><p>Alice</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hanginginthere, post: 354832"] Thanks Sharon for your post. Her diagnosis is ADD/ADHD, ODD, Sensory Integration Disorder (SID) and she is considered to be on the Autism Spectrum with Aspergers. She was in general ed Kindergarten, with a 1-1 para, and in first grade was transferred to another school into a 12-1-1 class, still with a para. She was doing so well there by third grade that they felt it was time to move her towards mainstreaming, so she was placed in the CTT class, and the para was removed. She has had a real up and down year in this environment, and although she receives in-school counseling, Occupational Therapist (OT), PT and outside counseling, her behaviors both at school and home have escalated. It certainly didn't help that her therapist of the last 3 years left, and she had to transition to a new therapist, whom she is still not being totally open with. I am a single parent, and it has not been an easy road. Although I have good friends who help out when they can, my family are scattered around and dealing with their own issues, and her father is not involved and his family is in England and only in touch occasionally. She has come so far, and I am beside myself at the moment as to what to do next. I am going go to speak to the assistant principal today and we are going to her therapist this afternoon, and I got her to agree to talk with both of us about the testing and her anxiety about it, and am going to try and get an appointment with a psychiatrist before I head into the new job and see about convincing her to try medications. She is strong-willed, and her relationship with my sister is one of her most prized. My sister lived with us until my difficult child was 3 and they have an intensely close bond. She has told her that she can talk to her whenever she is upset and that she won't divulge to me what they discuss, which makes it difficult. My sister has her own issues with un-treated depression and probably is bi-polar, and she and I have a contentious relationship, only made worse by her perceptions of what I am doing to help my daughter. I've been actually said to her that if she continues to discuss the pitfalls of medication with my daughter that I will cut her off and not let her see her anymore but I hope that it doesn't come to that. I know that my daughter needs to feel that she has a refuge, and especially living in a city like New York, I want to know that if she does run away, she won't go far. Just having someone else to talk to who has been or is going through this is incredibly helpful! Thanks for listening, and for whatever advice or help you can offer. all the best, Alice [/QUOTE]
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