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How do we get him out on his own?
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<blockquote data-quote="Tezzie" data-source="post: 367023" data-attributes="member: 2964"><p>Thanks for all your suggestions. I am ~90% sure he isn't doing drugs or drinking when he is out. Shoplifting, maybe, but not the other. From all I've read on ADHD, his mental/intellectual age is ~ 2/3 of his chronological age, which makes him ~12 thinking-wise. That's pretty accurate for this kid. He may have some Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), I suspect he also has some attachment disorder issues since he was the less needy of 2 babies in another foster home before he came to us. Mix this in with ODD, lack of impulse control, a "swiss cheese" perception of the world & "that's my boy".</p><p></p><p>He did actually come home last night & his mission today, so he says, is to hit all the local establishments & fill out job applications. He is meeting with his DVR job coach this evening, appointment. was changed from last evening.</p><p></p><p>My husband & have have drawn up a list of expectations & a timeline for him to be out on his own. We plan to discuss it with him tomorrow since he says he won't be home until after dark again tonight because of going to a softball game with friends. We don't want to do it tonight because his medications will be wearing off by then & it would be an ineffective discussion. We'll see how that goes. Hopefully he will get some sort of job soon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tezzie, post: 367023, member: 2964"] Thanks for all your suggestions. I am ~90% sure he isn't doing drugs or drinking when he is out. Shoplifting, maybe, but not the other. From all I've read on ADHD, his mental/intellectual age is ~ 2/3 of his chronological age, which makes him ~12 thinking-wise. That's pretty accurate for this kid. He may have some Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), I suspect he also has some attachment disorder issues since he was the less needy of 2 babies in another foster home before he came to us. Mix this in with ODD, lack of impulse control, a "swiss cheese" perception of the world & "that's my boy". He did actually come home last night & his mission today, so he says, is to hit all the local establishments & fill out job applications. He is meeting with his DVR job coach this evening, appointment. was changed from last evening. My husband & have have drawn up a list of expectations & a timeline for him to be out on his own. We plan to discuss it with him tomorrow since he says he won't be home until after dark again tonight because of going to a softball game with friends. We don't want to do it tonight because his medications will be wearing off by then & it would be an ineffective discussion. We'll see how that goes. Hopefully he will get some sort of job soon. [/QUOTE]
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