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6 year old son keeps getting kicked out of school
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 702665" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>This is one reason why I urge you to do a Parent Report. Diagnosing our difficult kids and their problems truly is as much of an art as a science and it takes the right combination of testing and doctors/experts/parents/child/teachers to get it as 'right' as possible. In my opinion, the Parent Report makes the odds of getting it "right" a whole lot higher. It helps you keep the information organized and at your fingertips during appointments and meetings, and it helps you answer questions and ask questions. I drove one neurologist absolutely crazy by giving several moms in the waiting room copies of the basic outline (without any identifying info, just the outline) when they asked about my big binder of info and what it was all about. He wasn't my favorite neurologist for my daughter by any means, mostly because he got annoyed when I wouldn't agree to repeat medications we had already trialed with no positive results. I also annoyed him by insisting he read the Parent Report and he didn't want to, but I can be hard to resist when it comes to things that I feel are important for my children. </p><p></p><p>Neuropsychiatrists really can help, esp if you can get them to do testing. You also can get testing done via Children's Hospitals. The thread on the Parent Report mentions a multi disciplinary evaluation, which is having a bunch of different experts do testing, which is what we did. </p><p></p><p>I think you have a good chance of finding real help if you continue being as persistent as you have been. I do urge you to continue to educate yourself about special education law and your son's rights. I think you are doing a wonderful job of following your instincts and doing all that you possibly can with the resources that you can find for him. The school you managed to transfer him into sounds truly amazing.</p><p></p><p>I know it is discouraging that he is having problems after his first 2 wonderful weeks. But it is incredibly common to 'honeymoon', or have a period of good behavior that is then followed by having the problems resurface again in the new environment. Having your son's problems come out is actually a good thing because he cannot be helped if they cannot see the problems. </p><p></p><p>I fully agree with NOT giving your son more of a medication that created problems. I do NOT understand the reasoning (or lack of reasoning) behind prescribing more of it when the initial amount caused such problems. I have had doctors try such reasoning on both my children and myself and it didn't make any more sense then as it does now. So I hope the doctors have more logical ideas for you in the future. Keep following your instincts and logic because you are your child's best advocate! You are doing a wonderful job.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 702665, member: 1233"] This is one reason why I urge you to do a Parent Report. Diagnosing our difficult kids and their problems truly is as much of an art as a science and it takes the right combination of testing and doctors/experts/parents/child/teachers to get it as 'right' as possible. In my opinion, the Parent Report makes the odds of getting it "right" a whole lot higher. It helps you keep the information organized and at your fingertips during appointments and meetings, and it helps you answer questions and ask questions. I drove one neurologist absolutely crazy by giving several moms in the waiting room copies of the basic outline (without any identifying info, just the outline) when they asked about my big binder of info and what it was all about. He wasn't my favorite neurologist for my daughter by any means, mostly because he got annoyed when I wouldn't agree to repeat medications we had already trialed with no positive results. I also annoyed him by insisting he read the Parent Report and he didn't want to, but I can be hard to resist when it comes to things that I feel are important for my children. Neuropsychiatrists really can help, esp if you can get them to do testing. You also can get testing done via Children's Hospitals. The thread on the Parent Report mentions a multi disciplinary evaluation, which is having a bunch of different experts do testing, which is what we did. I think you have a good chance of finding real help if you continue being as persistent as you have been. I do urge you to continue to educate yourself about special education law and your son's rights. I think you are doing a wonderful job of following your instincts and doing all that you possibly can with the resources that you can find for him. The school you managed to transfer him into sounds truly amazing. I know it is discouraging that he is having problems after his first 2 wonderful weeks. But it is incredibly common to 'honeymoon', or have a period of good behavior that is then followed by having the problems resurface again in the new environment. Having your son's problems come out is actually a good thing because he cannot be helped if they cannot see the problems. I fully agree with NOT giving your son more of a medication that created problems. I do NOT understand the reasoning (or lack of reasoning) behind prescribing more of it when the initial amount caused such problems. I have had doctors try such reasoning on both my children and myself and it didn't make any more sense then as it does now. So I hope the doctors have more logical ideas for you in the future. Keep following your instincts and logic because you are your child's best advocate! You are doing a wonderful job. [/QUOTE]
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