Sharon - I'm doing an anti-board-jinx dance just to make *sure* the violence stays away. I'm really so glad to hear that has lessened!!!
We're still trying to get thank you to figure this out too. You can't be a pill one minute and then expect your target to be all sweetness and light. We still have to walk him through the steps, and try to get him to change places. While he can't figure it out on his own yet, he is much more willing to at least go thru the exercise and sometimes the light bulb goes on.
Another mom here who just scratches her head about a difficult child's complete absence of empathy for those directly affected by his behaviors, as well as such a basic cause and effect thing. It's something my other kids figured out so young.
