My difficult child sees his therapist weekly and his medication doctor monthly. On top of that he's in social development classes in fifth grade, has an IEP/BIP. The only thing left is to send him away for awhile to somewhere else to see if anyone else can get through to him. I'm just not ready to do that, I guess.
We are currently in MA visiting our daughter and her family in MA and we're staying in a motel...as much as anything, to keep difficult child away from my grandchildren day in and day out. Friday we got 12 inches of snow, something we don't see much of in Houston. The only thing that worked yesterday was to tell him, "Either you sit there and tell me WHAT it is that you are saying WRONG, so that I know you understand, or there will be NO playing in the snow today!". It took a while, but he finally told me what it was he was saying and doing wrong (it took forever). During that time, I wasn't real sure that he was going to "get it"! That's the reason I wonder, I really do, if he KNOWS what is coming out of his mouth. I know that doesn't make it alright, and I truly am not making excuses for him, but it does make me wonder. Boy, this is a loooooong road.
