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<blockquote data-quote="Running_for_the_shelter" data-source="post: 64153" data-attributes="member: 2960"><p>Last year, I had talked to the school in late Spring about options for difficult child. I had had him tested by the school district and he came up as "within normal limits". No one else on this planet would agree. This IS the cub who was kicked out of one pre-school, basically asked to not come back to another, and pulled from a third because he would have been kicked out within a matter of days, so I could only anticipate issues in Kindergarten. Yes, I worried about giving the cub a reputation before he even walked in the door, but he did have a history of trouble and if I were the teacher, I would not want to be blindsided by not knowing what I was being given.</p><p></p><p>Our pediatrician gave us some referrals but of course no one was on our insurance plan. To cut to the chase, we ended up trying several drugs and finally settling on Lamictal, which has been wonderful for him.</p><p></p><p>When Fall came and he was going to start Kindergarten, I talked with the teacher about him and gave her a copy of The Explosive Child by Ross Greene. If you haven't read it, read it NOW. difficult child started Kindergarten rather poorly, getting all unsatisfactory type "grades" in behavior. By the end of the year, his behavioral "grades" were all "good" which we were happy to see. husband volunteered in his class for two days a week to keep an eye on him. [Yeah, husband had quit his job because one of us had to since difficult child was always being sent home.]</p><p></p><p>So here's the free advice from the Running household: Get the book, get the cub tested, and talk to the school.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Running_for_the_shelter, post: 64153, member: 2960"] Last year, I had talked to the school in late Spring about options for difficult child. I had had him tested by the school district and he came up as "within normal limits". No one else on this planet would agree. This IS the cub who was kicked out of one pre-school, basically asked to not come back to another, and pulled from a third because he would have been kicked out within a matter of days, so I could only anticipate issues in Kindergarten. Yes, I worried about giving the cub a reputation before he even walked in the door, but he did have a history of trouble and if I were the teacher, I would not want to be blindsided by not knowing what I was being given. Our pediatrician gave us some referrals but of course no one was on our insurance plan. To cut to the chase, we ended up trying several drugs and finally settling on Lamictal, which has been wonderful for him. When Fall came and he was going to start Kindergarten, I talked with the teacher about him and gave her a copy of The Explosive Child by Ross Greene. If you haven't read it, read it NOW. difficult child started Kindergarten rather poorly, getting all unsatisfactory type "grades" in behavior. By the end of the year, his behavioral "grades" were all "good" which we were happy to see. husband volunteered in his class for two days a week to keep an eye on him. [Yeah, husband had quit his job because one of us had to since difficult child was always being sent home.] So here's the free advice from the Running household: Get the book, get the cub tested, and talk to the school. [/QUOTE]
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