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<blockquote data-quote="No More Rabbits!" data-source="post: 101927" data-attributes="member: 4369"><p>Hi thanks for taking the time to reply.</p><p></p><p>I did the Child Brain test, and it came out at 97 - possibly mild Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) - much as I would have thought. It was interesting though!</p><p></p><p>I know hypermobility is a co-existant condition, but I tell you there was NO WAY the hospital were going to make another diagnoses...not even when difficult child would only lie under the table during consultations and play with the mechanism for the adjustable table. The NHS is free, but like the schools system, they get away providing the bare, bare minimum if they can...It should have been down to the school, and I have sat down with countless teachers who have fed me no end of guff. I live in a borough of London that has a high incidence of behavioural difficulties for various reasons (Poverty, dysfunctional households, Cultural misfunction etc) When half the class are swinging off the lights, the one sitting in the corner with gritted teeth gets ignored! Unfortunately the fact he was quiet in class means that I couldn't get anyone to take me seriously.</p><p></p><p>I HAVE read the Dog in the Nightime - I thought it as brilliant and I gave it to both my daughter's read too, and we all agreed there were some elements of the characters personality that were just like difficult child's.</p><p></p><p>I'm going to order the explosive child today. I've said before that I wouldn't CHANGE difficult child even if I could....there are a lot of very positive things about him. He is a bit of a loose cannon at the moment that's all - but like you say he is a teenager. He is very passionate about the things he believes in (which has to be a good thing?) mostly they are 'acceptable' if a little extreme!</p><p>For example he got very angry hearing stories of rats being used for medical experimentation (he had two as pets)</p><p></p><p>I agree with you totally that he is not "disabled" just "differently ENABLED" and in many ways the way his brain works IS actually SUPERIOR (well to mine anyway!) He has a near photographic memory, revision is to him, a pointless waste of time...the subject of much grief, until I just gave up, his marks do not reflect a lack of revision.... His science teacher has unfortunately 'lost' his interest, he will not work in class for him, but he got an A* (top mark) in the exam they took...</p><p></p><p>I do begin to feel quite sorry for some of his teachers. He's driven his French Teacher to distraction, I had a message on my answerphone last week where the poor woman was practically hysterical. He owes her five pieces of homework (I ask every night if he has any...) she thinks he is A* material. He thinks she is a Expletive Deleted - so he won't work for her. Now he KNOWS he can drive her round the bend.....he will continue to bait her.He wanted to do Latin and Ancient History, he would have sat on a sharpened stick to join the class, but having said yes, at the last minute the Latin teacher changed her mind, and he had to do French instead. What the French teacher doesn't realise is that SHE IS BEING PUNISHED! LOL! I did tell her this. Along with the fact that I couldn't MAKE a 6'1" 15 year old actually DO something he didn't want to. I also told her that I was in counselling (yeah OK she caught me on a bad day) She's got him in detention tonight so we'll see how that goes</p><p></p><p>Thanks for your support. It's much appreciated. It helps to know difficult child isn't the only one like him out there.</p><p></p><p>Regards</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="No More Rabbits!, post: 101927, member: 4369"] Hi thanks for taking the time to reply. I did the Child Brain test, and it came out at 97 - possibly mild Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) - much as I would have thought. It was interesting though! I know hypermobility is a co-existant condition, but I tell you there was NO WAY the hospital were going to make another diagnoses...not even when difficult child would only lie under the table during consultations and play with the mechanism for the adjustable table. The NHS is free, but like the schools system, they get away providing the bare, bare minimum if they can...It should have been down to the school, and I have sat down with countless teachers who have fed me no end of guff. I live in a borough of London that has a high incidence of behavioural difficulties for various reasons (Poverty, dysfunctional households, Cultural misfunction etc) When half the class are swinging off the lights, the one sitting in the corner with gritted teeth gets ignored! Unfortunately the fact he was quiet in class means that I couldn't get anyone to take me seriously. I HAVE read the Dog in the Nightime - I thought it as brilliant and I gave it to both my daughter's read too, and we all agreed there were some elements of the characters personality that were just like difficult child's. I'm going to order the explosive child today. I've said before that I wouldn't CHANGE difficult child even if I could....there are a lot of very positive things about him. He is a bit of a loose cannon at the moment that's all - but like you say he is a teenager. He is very passionate about the things he believes in (which has to be a good thing?) mostly they are 'acceptable' if a little extreme! For example he got very angry hearing stories of rats being used for medical experimentation (he had two as pets) I agree with you totally that he is not "disabled" just "differently ENABLED" and in many ways the way his brain works IS actually SUPERIOR (well to mine anyway!) He has a near photographic memory, revision is to him, a pointless waste of time...the subject of much grief, until I just gave up, his marks do not reflect a lack of revision.... His science teacher has unfortunately 'lost' his interest, he will not work in class for him, but he got an A* (top mark) in the exam they took... I do begin to feel quite sorry for some of his teachers. He's driven his French Teacher to distraction, I had a message on my answerphone last week where the poor woman was practically hysterical. He owes her five pieces of homework (I ask every night if he has any...) she thinks he is A* material. He thinks she is a Expletive Deleted - so he won't work for her. Now he KNOWS he can drive her round the bend.....he will continue to bait her.He wanted to do Latin and Ancient History, he would have sat on a sharpened stick to join the class, but having said yes, at the last minute the Latin teacher changed her mind, and he had to do French instead. What the French teacher doesn't realise is that SHE IS BEING PUNISHED! LOL! I did tell her this. Along with the fact that I couldn't MAKE a 6'1" 15 year old actually DO something he didn't want to. I also told her that I was in counselling (yeah OK she caught me on a bad day) She's got him in detention tonight so we'll see how that goes Thanks for your support. It's much appreciated. It helps to know difficult child isn't the only one like him out there. Regards [/QUOTE]
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