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<blockquote data-quote="'Chelle" data-source="post: 253314" data-attributes="member: 1161"><p>Thanks all.</p><p></p><p>Well, I went and took him home. He hasn't eaten much in a couple days either, just says he's not hungry, which to me is another red flag for probably depression. At first today he was refusing to eat again as he said he wasn't hungry. We had a bit of a talk at lunch time, well I talked he said a lot of I don't know, maybe, I guess. After which he said "will you order me a pizza, I'll pay for it." I went and got him pizza and when I got back he was sitting with his school binder open, looked like he was studying for the science test tomorrow. I don't know, I guess for today crisis is in abeyance, we'll see what tomorrow brings.</p><p></p><p>gcv - he used to take Zoloft, hasn't for a couple years. Have got him an appointment for psychiatrist, for May 5, and on her cancellation list. Child/adolescent psychiatrists are in short supply and she's overbooked as is, so cancellation is a long shot. Meantime I've got him an appointment for Tuesday with regular doctor, to ask to start him back on the Zoloft. I asked difficult child if he'd be willing to go back on it, and he said I don't know, maybe. I just think waiting another 8 weeks for psychiatrist is too long, and want to start him right away. I see lots of signs of depression in him right now.</p><p></p><p>MWM - yeah I think part of his success in first semester was his last class was resource room, where you can get extra help with problems. He used this class to primarily do homework. Then we had nothing to do at home to worry about. He has only one class he could drop to have resource this semester, which he said he doesn't want to drop (Applied Arts or sewing/cooking class, he loves cooking part) Next year there aren't a lot of electives he wants to take, so having resource both semesters will be good. Now just to get him through this semester and passed into next year. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/felttip/anxious.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":anxious:" title="anxious :anxious:" data-shortname=":anxious:" /></p><p></p><p>robin - I see the depression in my difficult child at the moment too. I really think adding to this by pushing homework will just make it worse. Hopefully the doctor will go ahead with the zoloft right away, he did mention it last Friday when we were there and I should have asked for it then. It seemed to help difficult child when he took it before.</p><p></p><p>Janna - yep, screw it is how I feel right now. I told difficult child he's now at an age where there's getting to be less I can do TO help him, he's got to want to get through it himself. A calm home life is more important to me right now, I think it will be more beneficial for us all.</p><p></p><p>susie - read how she wrote it does seem her advise, and yes would concern me if I hadn't already talked to the teachers, vice-principal, counsellor, TA etc LOL. But that's not exactly it. difficult children biggest struggle is with abstract / imaginative assignments, hence usually his problems have come from english. Many assignments like this they sit down together and she questions him on the assignment, and writes what he says down, trying to do it in a manner that it comes out of his mouth in correct format for a written assignment. Then she hands him what's written down for him to go over, and he changes things that he thinks he could have said better. Other times, she just helps him go through the assignment so that difficult child understands what it's about, and he writes it out without other prompting. She showed me the "organizational chart" type thing they do together so he understands where he supposed to go with an assignment. This is done at the back of the class, with input from the teacher, so it's all good.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="'Chelle, post: 253314, member: 1161"] Thanks all. Well, I went and took him home. He hasn't eaten much in a couple days either, just says he's not hungry, which to me is another red flag for probably depression. At first today he was refusing to eat again as he said he wasn't hungry. We had a bit of a talk at lunch time, well I talked he said a lot of I don't know, maybe, I guess. After which he said "will you order me a pizza, I'll pay for it." I went and got him pizza and when I got back he was sitting with his school binder open, looked like he was studying for the science test tomorrow. I don't know, I guess for today crisis is in abeyance, we'll see what tomorrow brings. gcv - he used to take Zoloft, hasn't for a couple years. Have got him an appointment for psychiatrist, for May 5, and on her cancellation list. Child/adolescent psychiatrists are in short supply and she's overbooked as is, so cancellation is a long shot. Meantime I've got him an appointment for Tuesday with regular doctor, to ask to start him back on the Zoloft. I asked difficult child if he'd be willing to go back on it, and he said I don't know, maybe. I just think waiting another 8 weeks for psychiatrist is too long, and want to start him right away. I see lots of signs of depression in him right now. MWM - yeah I think part of his success in first semester was his last class was resource room, where you can get extra help with problems. He used this class to primarily do homework. Then we had nothing to do at home to worry about. He has only one class he could drop to have resource this semester, which he said he doesn't want to drop (Applied Arts or sewing/cooking class, he loves cooking part) Next year there aren't a lot of electives he wants to take, so having resource both semesters will be good. Now just to get him through this semester and passed into next year. :anxious: robin - I see the depression in my difficult child at the moment too. I really think adding to this by pushing homework will just make it worse. Hopefully the doctor will go ahead with the zoloft right away, he did mention it last Friday when we were there and I should have asked for it then. It seemed to help difficult child when he took it before. Janna - yep, screw it is how I feel right now. I told difficult child he's now at an age where there's getting to be less I can do TO help him, he's got to want to get through it himself. A calm home life is more important to me right now, I think it will be more beneficial for us all. susie - read how she wrote it does seem her advise, and yes would concern me if I hadn't already talked to the teachers, vice-principal, counsellor, TA etc LOL. But that's not exactly it. difficult children biggest struggle is with abstract / imaginative assignments, hence usually his problems have come from english. Many assignments like this they sit down together and she questions him on the assignment, and writes what he says down, trying to do it in a manner that it comes out of his mouth in correct format for a written assignment. Then she hands him what's written down for him to go over, and he changes things that he thinks he could have said better. Other times, she just helps him go through the assignment so that difficult child understands what it's about, and he writes it out without other prompting. She showed me the "organizational chart" type thing they do together so he understands where he supposed to go with an assignment. This is done at the back of the class, with input from the teacher, so it's all good. [/QUOTE]
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