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<blockquote data-quote="OpenWindow" data-source="post: 56918" data-attributes="member: 45"><p>I moved to a small town last year and kept mostly quiet with my neighbors. I told easy child's best friend's mom right away, because she was a Special Education teacher and I knew she would understand. And because difficult child spent a lot of time at her house. </p><p></p><p>We didn't tell our close neighbors until difficult child had a week of incident after incident on our street. We told the 4 neighbors who were involved in the incidents, and the local police who were called. I didn't tell them a specific diagnosis, because difficult child doesn't have one really, but that he was being evaluated this summer and we were addressing his issues. Out of the 4 neighbors, I was well received by all but I am sure one of them didn't really accept the explanation. Since then my stress level is down and the neighbors have been much more open and accepting of difficult child. Of course the length and depth of the conversations were different depending on the acceptance level of the neighbors I was talking to. With the one neighbor I didn't go into much detail - just told them he had behavioral issues and was being evaluated by a doctor, goes to social skills therapy and gets help at school. No further because I knew it would do no good.</p><p></p><p>I also tell difficult child's coaches before problems arise, because I know they will.</p><p></p><p>Linda</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OpenWindow, post: 56918, member: 45"] I moved to a small town last year and kept mostly quiet with my neighbors. I told easy child's best friend's mom right away, because she was a Special Education teacher and I knew she would understand. And because difficult child spent a lot of time at her house. We didn't tell our close neighbors until difficult child had a week of incident after incident on our street. We told the 4 neighbors who were involved in the incidents, and the local police who were called. I didn't tell them a specific diagnosis, because difficult child doesn't have one really, but that he was being evaluated this summer and we were addressing his issues. Out of the 4 neighbors, I was well received by all but I am sure one of them didn't really accept the explanation. Since then my stress level is down and the neighbors have been much more open and accepting of difficult child. Of course the length and depth of the conversations were different depending on the acceptance level of the neighbors I was talking to. With the one neighbor I didn't go into much detail - just told them he had behavioral issues and was being evaluated by a doctor, goes to social skills therapy and gets help at school. No further because I knew it would do no good. I also tell difficult child's coaches before problems arise, because I know they will. Linda [/QUOTE]
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