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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 249255" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>Okay, now I remember that bit of drama! </p><p> </p><p>What does his psychiatrist/therapist say about the repeated weapons violations?</p><p> </p><p>Our difficult child 2 brought a Swiss Army knife to school last year and got suspended -- not expelled. They realized that he had no intent to harm when he brought it that morning, despite a threatening comment he made to another student later that day, with reference to the knife. Turns out he had been a victim of bullying for a long time (we didn't realize the extend of what was going on) and that's why he made the hostile remark to the kid, who happened to be one of his tormenters. The reason he brought the knife initially was because he wanted to use the magnifying glass on it to look at rocks at recess (he was on an obsessive mission to collect rocks at the time). Made sense to everyone, and since they knew the bullying history they gave him the benefit of the doubt -- but they also told me to lock up the knife!</p><p> </p><p>So. Impulse control problems and an inability to consider logical consequences, combined with lack of understanding how people interact and think in general. Does that sound about right? How many people have told you he's NOT on the spectrum? Like MWM said, sounds like it's still an "I have no idea" diagnosis and you need to keep pushing for answers, even if that means starting over with another mental health professional.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 249255, member: 3444"] Okay, now I remember that bit of drama! What does his psychiatrist/therapist say about the repeated weapons violations? Our difficult child 2 brought a Swiss Army knife to school last year and got suspended -- not expelled. They realized that he had no intent to harm when he brought it that morning, despite a threatening comment he made to another student later that day, with reference to the knife. Turns out he had been a victim of bullying for a long time (we didn't realize the extend of what was going on) and that's why he made the hostile remark to the kid, who happened to be one of his tormenters. The reason he brought the knife initially was because he wanted to use the magnifying glass on it to look at rocks at recess (he was on an obsessive mission to collect rocks at the time). Made sense to everyone, and since they knew the bullying history they gave him the benefit of the doubt -- but they also told me to lock up the knife! So. Impulse control problems and an inability to consider logical consequences, combined with lack of understanding how people interact and think in general. Does that sound about right? How many people have told you he's NOT on the spectrum? Like MWM said, sounds like it's still an "I have no idea" diagnosis and you need to keep pushing for answers, even if that means starting over with another mental health professional. [/QUOTE]
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