1/ Are there any psychiatric problems or substance abuse on either side of the family tree? Any suicide attempts?
my mothers side has history of depression.
2/How was his early development in these areas: would say speech was on a normal timing for a boy, eye contact with strangersif you are giving him trouble or tying to talk to him, he will not look you in the eye. however his father also does this, so wether it is learned or not...unsure, cuddling Liam doesn't really sit still long enough to cuddle, if you do, its very brief, , ability to relate to peers, large and small motor skills The kid is AMAZING with drawing and colouring, I think far beyond what his age really is...when he trys that is. as far as fine motor skills go, he can shred a piece of paper into a million pieces with his hands...and often does. he can use items such as scissors properls., pottying, any quirky behavior not much quirky, just ugh and I hate using this word...Bad behaviour, can he transition from one activity to another without melting down Depends if he wants to do it or not., does he play with toys in normal ways?Most times yes, he does become aggressive when playing with others, often, but them sometimes, he is just as gentle as a lamb. He can be a pain in the butt, or sometimes, like with my daughter, he can sit and have the utmost patience playing Now, at age six, does he understand how to socialize with peers? I do not feel his socialization is where it should be. he can tolerate people in small doses. although again, he has one "girl" friend he plays with, and they play very wellIs he appropriate?most of the time no.Does he know how to hold a give-and-take conversation?I think again, it depends, if it is something he is interested in, sure. if not..you are totally tuned out. Do noises, textures, foods, bright lights upset himnope? Is he disoriented in crowds?nope Does he ever seem "out of it" then sometimes confuse you all by suddenly seeming very with it?I personally have never witnessed this, but this is one thing his principal was EXTREMELY concerned about. How does he do in school academically?The problem is, he won't behave long enough to know. They have had to literally remove his entire class becuase he refused to leave the room. apparently he walks around backwards in circles over and over and over again, he will run through the class room and rip bulletins off of the board. He has physically assaulted a teacher, an EA and other students.
The hard part is, and I expressed my concern to his principal about this too, is that now he is LABELLED so, are they getting the whole story to these incidents? he punches a kid in the stomach, but, what did that kid do to egg him on? I felt like sometimes, it was easier to brush him off as a disability, rather than LISTEN to him. She assured me that is not the case, but. its still hard.
My sister has had problems since he was very young with fires. he would rip paper into tiny pieces, put it into a frizbee, got a chair, climbed on the counter, on the fridge, into the cupboard above the fridge, and got a childproof BBQ lighter, and light the paper on fire.
he was maybe oh 3?4? when that happened.
I didn't understand why is he SO much worse at school than at home, they told us it is becuase of the amount of structure, and the expectations placed on him.
I feel as though the principal is VERY invested in helping my sister and her son making him healthy again.
They are trying to get him into a local day treatment program, it is a school, that has the intense therapy.
He comes from a broken home, with a father, who quite frankly doens't give a rats *** about him. he takes the boys...if they are lucky, on his weekend visits, which are spent at his mothers house not his, with his siblings and parents caring for the boys.
there IS alot of deep rooted problems.
It is SO hard to watch him go through this. It is even more hard to watch my sister go through this!!!
she honestly, has tried everything we can think of.
time outs, stuff taken away, talking, yelling, screaming, she has tried the boot camp method..nothing in his room but a bed, and some books, like, shes just at her wits end. she has been trying to get someone to helo him for a VERY long time. It seems as though she has found the right team.
It is so hard to know, what is truth, and what isn't, I mean I can talk all day about a subject, but until I have livedit , I have no idea. know what I mean? that is what makes it so hard!!
I can go on for days and days about the behavioural problems of Liam, and honestly, its been going on for a VERY long time.
so...If you got this far... YOU ROCK and deserve a cookie! LOL
3/Is he a biological child or was he adopted? If adopted, at what age? Any in utero drug exposure?
he is biologically her and her ex husbands, no in utero drugs...
