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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 393850" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>Thank you all.</p><p> </p><p><em>Do you feel it's so bad that he needs to be sent away? If so, research everything carefully and be sure to visit.</em></p><p></p><p>I don't know that "it's so bad," except that we have done everything we can do and seem to still operate the same routine. I think we've outlived our usefulness as parents, we're not as consistent as we could be, and we have a hard time thinking outside the box. I think professionals can help, and I have seen difficult child flourish in a 6-wk summer camp in the mtns, (when he got home, he was an angel, and begged, "Please don't send me anywhere for that long again." And we have seen him do very well in a psychiatric hospital setting. Routine, routine, routine. And, not a lot of stress. Homework to difficult child is stress, unless it's broken up into pieces and he's in the company of a cpl other people, at least one being a peer. I have tried to create that scenario at home, or at the library with-tutors, but it only lasts a short time and he starts acting up with-the tutor. One tutor (the one from Zimbabwe) lasted over a yr. But even he gave up and difficult child refused to give up.</p><p> </p><p>Anyway, I think that the proper setting would ensure difficult child would grow and learn. I have already ruled out 2 places in VA and narrowed it down to 2 or 3, and plan to spend a long time mulling it over.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 393850, member: 3419"] Thank you all. [I]Do you feel it's so bad that he needs to be sent away? If so, research everything carefully and be sure to visit.[/I] I don't know that "it's so bad," except that we have done everything we can do and seem to still operate the same routine. I think we've outlived our usefulness as parents, we're not as consistent as we could be, and we have a hard time thinking outside the box. I think professionals can help, and I have seen difficult child flourish in a 6-wk summer camp in the mtns, (when he got home, he was an angel, and begged, "Please don't send me anywhere for that long again." And we have seen him do very well in a psychiatric hospital setting. Routine, routine, routine. And, not a lot of stress. Homework to difficult child is stress, unless it's broken up into pieces and he's in the company of a cpl other people, at least one being a peer. I have tried to create that scenario at home, or at the library with-tutors, but it only lasts a short time and he starts acting up with-the tutor. One tutor (the one from Zimbabwe) lasted over a yr. But even he gave up and difficult child refused to give up. Anyway, I think that the proper setting would ensure difficult child would grow and learn. I have already ruled out 2 places in VA and narrowed it down to 2 or 3, and plan to spend a long time mulling it over. [/QUOTE]
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