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<blockquote data-quote="looking4hope" data-source="post: 137053" data-attributes="member: 4362"><p>I have to agree with the other posts, that difficult child's behavior is not ONLY due to behavior management issues. Every single one of us has gone through the heartbreaking dilemma of whether or not to medicate a child. In my case, my son had been kicked out/expelled of three schools within six months (private and public), suspended and even had a police record (now expunged) for hitting his teacher. </p><p></p><p>I have to say that I disagree with what your therapist did, and agree that you need to find a new one. But please, for your child's sake, take him to a good psychiatrist for an evaluation. If he gets that violent again, call the police and have him taken to a pediatric psychiatric facility. The police might scare him straight somewhat (worked for me), but from all your posts it is obvious that your son needs help he isn't getting. We are dealing with children who have a chemical imbalance in their brain, and the only way they feel they can handle it is by using the "fight or flight" reaction. The medications help them overcome this impulse, along with the behavioral cognitive therapy. </p><p></p><p>I'm fortunate in that I have a psychiatrist and therapist team that work together. Even though they have separate offices, I have signed a release so that they can exchange information. It took me over a year to get into the therapist, and then another 8 months to get into the psychiatrist. But it's been worth it. My difficult child is in a nonpublic school that also has a Residential Treatment Facility (RTF) as well as an onsite psychiatrist and several tdocs in a day treatment program. I know that if difficult child was NOT on medications, he couldn't possibly absorb the therapy he's getting both at school and privately. by the way, his IEP required this and pays for the school.</p><p></p><p>Please take all of the advice given here to heart. We all want to help, and saving a child's life is more worthwhile than anything we could ever accomplish in our professional lives. Take some time to do the research and find your son the help he needs before he ends up with a police record for assaulting a stranger or a teacher.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="looking4hope, post: 137053, member: 4362"] I have to agree with the other posts, that difficult child's behavior is not ONLY due to behavior management issues. Every single one of us has gone through the heartbreaking dilemma of whether or not to medicate a child. In my case, my son had been kicked out/expelled of three schools within six months (private and public), suspended and even had a police record (now expunged) for hitting his teacher. I have to say that I disagree with what your therapist did, and agree that you need to find a new one. But please, for your child's sake, take him to a good psychiatrist for an evaluation. If he gets that violent again, call the police and have him taken to a pediatric psychiatric facility. The police might scare him straight somewhat (worked for me), but from all your posts it is obvious that your son needs help he isn't getting. We are dealing with children who have a chemical imbalance in their brain, and the only way they feel they can handle it is by using the "fight or flight" reaction. The medications help them overcome this impulse, along with the behavioral cognitive therapy. I'm fortunate in that I have a psychiatrist and therapist team that work together. Even though they have separate offices, I have signed a release so that they can exchange information. It took me over a year to get into the therapist, and then another 8 months to get into the psychiatrist. But it's been worth it. My difficult child is in a nonpublic school that also has a Residential Treatment Facility (RTF) as well as an onsite psychiatrist and several tdocs in a day treatment program. I know that if difficult child was NOT on medications, he couldn't possibly absorb the therapy he's getting both at school and privately. by the way, his IEP required this and pays for the school. Please take all of the advice given here to heart. We all want to help, and saving a child's life is more worthwhile than anything we could ever accomplish in our professional lives. Take some time to do the research and find your son the help he needs before he ends up with a police record for assaulting a stranger or a teacher. [/QUOTE]
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