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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 63240" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I did homeschool my kids for a year. I'm thinking that, after you get a sort of idea of what is going on (and I'd have the Psychiatrist speak with the neuropsychologist so they can compare notes), then perhaps you can get better interventions in school. My son may be the exception, but he has gotten wonderful interventions in school (I could have never given them to him--it's way beyond socialization, although his social skills have really improved too). Nobody ever teases my son. I hear that he is well liked, yet he used to be in a Spec. Ed class half the day. It's down to one period now. I think a lot depends on how the school handles the child.ALso, my son goes to a smaller school where everyone knows everybody else. I was also very afraid of ridicule, but so far it hasn't happened and son loves school. I'm lucky, because Lucas is a homebody. School is six hours where he's not home, and my particular son NEEDS that. Kids on the Spectrum tend to prefer sticking around the house and are real loners--(the sadder scenario is that some Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids WANT friends and have no idea how to make friends). That is also addressed in social skills classes at school. That has REALLY helped my son because he was socially clueless and needed text book teaching in social niceties. At least now he can pass as "normal" lol. But if you homeschool, I'm sure you can find the same resources they have at school too. You sound like you're going to cover every base, and I feel that's wise. We got nowhere until we explored different professional's view of our son. Frankly, all the Psychiatrist did was listen to us talk about son's behavior, and observe very "strange" son...lol. He decided he had bipolar, pulled out the prescription pad and on Day One the kid was on Depakote, and the perscribing never ended. He's been off medications four years now. He's fine, never needed them. Psychiatrist still refuses to admit that son is not bipolar, even though he is pretty much mood stable. I have BiPolar (BP) and he ain't BiPolar (BP). You really have to challenge professionals if your kid isn't improving or if your gut tells you something ain't right. I do think you're a great mom. You are willing to do all you can to find the answer. (((Hugs)))</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 63240, member: 1550"] I did homeschool my kids for a year. I'm thinking that, after you get a sort of idea of what is going on (and I'd have the Psychiatrist speak with the neuropsychologist so they can compare notes), then perhaps you can get better interventions in school. My son may be the exception, but he has gotten wonderful interventions in school (I could have never given them to him--it's way beyond socialization, although his social skills have really improved too). Nobody ever teases my son. I hear that he is well liked, yet he used to be in a Spec. Ed class half the day. It's down to one period now. I think a lot depends on how the school handles the child.ALso, my son goes to a smaller school where everyone knows everybody else. I was also very afraid of ridicule, but so far it hasn't happened and son loves school. I'm lucky, because Lucas is a homebody. School is six hours where he's not home, and my particular son NEEDS that. Kids on the Spectrum tend to prefer sticking around the house and are real loners--(the sadder scenario is that some Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids WANT friends and have no idea how to make friends). That is also addressed in social skills classes at school. That has REALLY helped my son because he was socially clueless and needed text book teaching in social niceties. At least now he can pass as "normal" lol. But if you homeschool, I'm sure you can find the same resources they have at school too. You sound like you're going to cover every base, and I feel that's wise. We got nowhere until we explored different professional's view of our son. Frankly, all the Psychiatrist did was listen to us talk about son's behavior, and observe very "strange" son...lol. He decided he had bipolar, pulled out the prescription pad and on Day One the kid was on Depakote, and the perscribing never ended. He's been off medications four years now. He's fine, never needed them. Psychiatrist still refuses to admit that son is not bipolar, even though he is pretty much mood stable. I have BiPolar (BP) and he ain't BiPolar (BP). You really have to challenge professionals if your kid isn't improving or if your gut tells you something ain't right. I do think you're a great mom. You are willing to do all you can to find the answer. (((Hugs))) [/QUOTE]
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