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<blockquote data-quote="smallworld" data-source="post: 13306" data-attributes="member: 2423"><p>Oceans, the therapeutic school sounds like it's a step in the right direction. Does it provide transportation? Does it send out a staff member to your house if difficult child decides not to go? If not, can your husband get difficult child to go? I hate to admit this, but my difficult child 1 responds much more to the authority of my husband than he does to me. Our psychiatrist says that is fairly common to boys this age. If that doesn't work, you could take away all privileges, such as TV, computer, etc. One day when husband was away on a business trip, difficult child 1 decided he wasn't going to school, and I couldn't make him. I told him if he stayed home, he couldn't have any screen time; he could just stay home and read books. By 2 pm that wore really thin, and he decided to go to school the next day. He hasn't skipped school since. I'm not sure I'd worry that much about the TEACCH appointment at this point since it may be months away. With new medications and a therapeutic environment, he may buy into the need for the evaluation by then.</p><p></p><p>What dose Lamictal is your difficult child on? Has it made any difference at all? We saw slight improvement early on, and both difficult children' moods have improved as they've reached higher levels. But Lamictal on its own has not lifted their depression entirely, and we've been adding in small doses of ADs. difficult child 2 has been on Lexapro (7.5 mg) since December and doing well without being activated. difficult child 1 will start Lexapro next weekend.</p><p></p><p>You have a lot on your plate. Hope things improve soon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smallworld, post: 13306, member: 2423"] Oceans, the therapeutic school sounds like it's a step in the right direction. Does it provide transportation? Does it send out a staff member to your house if difficult child decides not to go? If not, can your husband get difficult child to go? I hate to admit this, but my difficult child 1 responds much more to the authority of my husband than he does to me. Our psychiatrist says that is fairly common to boys this age. If that doesn't work, you could take away all privileges, such as TV, computer, etc. One day when husband was away on a business trip, difficult child 1 decided he wasn't going to school, and I couldn't make him. I told him if he stayed home, he couldn't have any screen time; he could just stay home and read books. By 2 pm that wore really thin, and he decided to go to school the next day. He hasn't skipped school since. I'm not sure I'd worry that much about the TEACCH appointment at this point since it may be months away. With new medications and a therapeutic environment, he may buy into the need for the evaluation by then. What dose Lamictal is your difficult child on? Has it made any difference at all? We saw slight improvement early on, and both difficult children' moods have improved as they've reached higher levels. But Lamictal on its own has not lifted their depression entirely, and we've been adding in small doses of ADs. difficult child 2 has been on Lexapro (7.5 mg) since December and doing well without being activated. difficult child 1 will start Lexapro next weekend. You have a lot on your plate. Hope things improve soon. [/QUOTE]
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