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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 471238" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>(((((hugs)))))</p><p></p><p>I know exactly how you feel. My son was worse in 6th grade than he had ever been before. from grade 1 we were told he would never amount to anything and to prepare ourselves to visit him in prison. Was it any wonder we homeschooled him for grades 3 and 4 with teachers who spoke about him like that - and honestly, most of what they were upset about was that he didn't always catch THEIR mstakes before they sent things home to parents. Yup, he was supposed to be better than the teachers (and was smarter than they were, which upset them greatly) and he wouldn't sit still. Still have no clue why that was such a big deal - he missed NOTHNG they taught, no matter what he was doing. </p><p></p><p>Sadly, he was quite violent at hone from the time he was about 5 on. By 14 we couldn't have him live with us and he went to live iwth my parents. My dad is also an aspie but taught jr high for his whole career and had just retired. My mother BEGGED me to let Wiz live iwth them partly because Dad was driving her nuts and Wiz could be his "project". Somehow they didn't all kill each other and they figured it out. I ran a lot of interference for them, esp when Wiz got super angry about something. </p><p></p><p>I felt we were further behind when he was 14 than we were when he was 6. I honestly believed that the best I could hope for was short prison sentences and a GED. This from a child who scored in the top 99percentile on just about every academic test he has taken. Now? He is a college sophomore at a 4 yr university with a 4.0 GPA, TWO jobs - one on campus and one he has had for 5 yrs in a local grocery store, and is an amazing big brother and son and grandson. </p><p></p><p>There is a LOT of time and room for hope. I promise. I know EXACTLY how you feel and I NEVER expected to get where we are today. If Wiz can turn it around, any of our kids can.</p><p></p><p>(((((hugs)))))</p><p></p><p>Just be VERY aware that sensory issues can truly make it impossible for a person to cope in a situation. If he isn't getting the right sensory diet and sensory breaks and Occupational Therapist (OT) help, it could derail a LOT of things. I still have situations/places I don't handle well or at all because I get so overwhelmed by the sensory things. Push push push for help on that front and it can make it much easier for him to handle other things.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 471238, member: 1233"] (((((hugs))))) I know exactly how you feel. My son was worse in 6th grade than he had ever been before. from grade 1 we were told he would never amount to anything and to prepare ourselves to visit him in prison. Was it any wonder we homeschooled him for grades 3 and 4 with teachers who spoke about him like that - and honestly, most of what they were upset about was that he didn't always catch THEIR mstakes before they sent things home to parents. Yup, he was supposed to be better than the teachers (and was smarter than they were, which upset them greatly) and he wouldn't sit still. Still have no clue why that was such a big deal - he missed NOTHNG they taught, no matter what he was doing. Sadly, he was quite violent at hone from the time he was about 5 on. By 14 we couldn't have him live with us and he went to live iwth my parents. My dad is also an aspie but taught jr high for his whole career and had just retired. My mother BEGGED me to let Wiz live iwth them partly because Dad was driving her nuts and Wiz could be his "project". Somehow they didn't all kill each other and they figured it out. I ran a lot of interference for them, esp when Wiz got super angry about something. I felt we were further behind when he was 14 than we were when he was 6. I honestly believed that the best I could hope for was short prison sentences and a GED. This from a child who scored in the top 99percentile on just about every academic test he has taken. Now? He is a college sophomore at a 4 yr university with a 4.0 GPA, TWO jobs - one on campus and one he has had for 5 yrs in a local grocery store, and is an amazing big brother and son and grandson. There is a LOT of time and room for hope. I promise. I know EXACTLY how you feel and I NEVER expected to get where we are today. If Wiz can turn it around, any of our kids can. (((((hugs))))) Just be VERY aware that sensory issues can truly make it impossible for a person to cope in a situation. If he isn't getting the right sensory diet and sensory breaks and Occupational Therapist (OT) help, it could derail a LOT of things. I still have situations/places I don't handle well or at all because I get so overwhelmed by the sensory things. Push push push for help on that front and it can make it much easier for him to handle other things. [/QUOTE]
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