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<blockquote data-quote="jensfishin" data-source="post: 369390"><p>Okay so here's my story...</p><p> </p><p>My son now ten has always had a certain amount of trouble in school. Many trips to the office starting in grade one. When he was in grade three he started acting out in "sexually inappropriate" ways (ie; thrusting his pelvis toward classmates, suggesting girls touch him, asking to touch girls breasts, and on and on). In addition to these behaviors he got into a lot of fights on the school playground and routinely had difficulties during lunch hour and walking home from school. </p><p> </p><p>This year (grade 5) after serveral suppensions (including one for a gay-bashing incedent) he orchestrated a game in which the "loser" had to remove their clothes and show their parts to the winner. The "loser" in his game was and 8 year old girl. The result was a ten day suspension, upon return he was accompanied by an EA during reccess and unstructured movement (walking to and from gym, library, washroom), he also was no longer allowed to have lunch at the school. We consider ourselves very lucky in this case, because there was a two year difference in age he could have been facing criminal charges...at the age of ten.</p><p> </p><p>Other important factors include:</p><p>starting three small fires (two in our home)</p><p>cruelty to animals (killed a rabbit with a rock)</p><p>bed wetting</p><p>lying</p><p>stealing</p><p>cheating</p><p>hitting people (esspesially - but not limited to - me and his 15yr old sister)</p><p>hitting objects (walls, doors, tables and anything else within reach)</p><p>throwing things in anger</p><p>defiance</p><p>arguing</p><p>and I am sure I am leaving many things out here</p><p> </p><p>He is very manipulative and feels no empathy.</p><p>He is <strong><em><u>EXTREMELY</u></em></strong> intelligent (in the superior range on cognitive testing)</p><p>He knows right from wrong and chooses to do the wrong thing anyway.</p><p> </p><p>Within the last three weeks we've been given the diagnosis of Conduct Disorder.</p><p>We are working on extreme behavior intervention.</p><p>He currently has no privileges, no tv, computer, video games, friends over, sports, trips and outings.</p><p>These privileges must all be earned by not exhibiting the behaviors we want to change.</p><p>He has been able to earn some things (a movie, a 1/2 hour visit from a friend, a trip to the beach) here and there.</p><p> </p><p>I am so tired of always having to say no to him...I feel like as a mother it's my job to make him happy and yet with the behavior intervention I'm not allowed to.</p><p> </p><p>Everything I read online is so discouraging and depressing that I am starting to think that there is not hope for my son and he's going to grow up to be a psychopath (which according to our phycologist is a possiblity)</p><p> </p><p>Is there somebody who can give me some hope?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jensfishin, post: 369390"] Okay so here's my story... My son now ten has always had a certain amount of trouble in school. Many trips to the office starting in grade one. When he was in grade three he started acting out in "sexually inappropriate" ways (ie; thrusting his pelvis toward classmates, suggesting girls touch him, asking to touch girls breasts, and on and on). In addition to these behaviors he got into a lot of fights on the school playground and routinely had difficulties during lunch hour and walking home from school. This year (grade 5) after serveral suppensions (including one for a gay-bashing incedent) he orchestrated a game in which the "loser" had to remove their clothes and show their parts to the winner. The "loser" in his game was and 8 year old girl. The result was a ten day suspension, upon return he was accompanied by an EA during reccess and unstructured movement (walking to and from gym, library, washroom), he also was no longer allowed to have lunch at the school. We consider ourselves very lucky in this case, because there was a two year difference in age he could have been facing criminal charges...at the age of ten. Other important factors include: starting three small fires (two in our home) cruelty to animals (killed a rabbit with a rock) bed wetting lying stealing cheating hitting people (esspesially - but not limited to - me and his 15yr old sister) hitting objects (walls, doors, tables and anything else within reach) throwing things in anger defiance arguing and I am sure I am leaving many things out here He is very manipulative and feels no empathy. He is [B][I][U]EXTREMELY[/U][/I][/B] intelligent (in the superior range on cognitive testing) He knows right from wrong and chooses to do the wrong thing anyway. Within the last three weeks we've been given the diagnosis of Conduct Disorder. We are working on extreme behavior intervention. He currently has no privileges, no tv, computer, video games, friends over, sports, trips and outings. These privileges must all be earned by not exhibiting the behaviors we want to change. He has been able to earn some things (a movie, a 1/2 hour visit from a friend, a trip to the beach) here and there. I am so tired of always having to say no to him...I feel like as a mother it's my job to make him happy and yet with the behavior intervention I'm not allowed to. Everything I read online is so discouraging and depressing that I am starting to think that there is not hope for my son and he's going to grow up to be a psychopath (which according to our phycologist is a possiblity) Is there somebody who can give me some hope? [/QUOTE]
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