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<blockquote data-quote="pepperidge" data-source="post: 399251" data-attributes="member: 2322"><p>Hi All,</p><p></p><p>Smallworld, We think the SSRI is pretty much gone. There doesn't seem to be any residual mania. psychiatrist suggested small dose of Risperdal (or Seroquel) if we were worried about him hitting. So right now we have him on .25 mg Risperdal, which seems to be a little sedating. I am really reluctant to get into the atypicals with this kid since we had many issues with Abilify including weight gain but also some movement issues, uncontrollable peeing in pants etc when he was younger. He seems to have this thinking about kicking/throwing things at other boys' groins. </p><p></p><p>He doesn't really have dyscalculia or dysgraphia. In fact he met state standards last year. We did have an assitive technology review a few years ago and they were going to give him an alphasmart but he didn't want to use it. Wanted a full easy child or nothing. We weren't ready to go that route (yet) but he will get a easy child for high school. Problem will be to keep him off the no no sites. So I don't think that is a major component.</p><p></p><p>What seems to be going on is that he doesn't read social cues very well or can't stop himself from annoying behavior even when he gets the social cues (he has been in various social skills classes and is the star but knowing what to do vs. being able to do it in the moment is another thing).</p><p></p><p>Principal thinks he is trying to fit in with some of the less "desirable" kids and is now moved to a bit of bullying behavior of kids with more severe issues as a way of being "cool.". This is really sad to us because he has a genuinely sweet heart and has tended to stand up for other kids who are being harrassed. I think that as he ages the gap between his social developmental age and other kids is growing and he is desperately trying to negotiate the whole13/14 year boy thing. Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE) kids are very vulnerable to being "used" by their more sophisticated peers. This of course does not bode well for the future.</p><p></p><p>So the FBA will take place, it will show that he is trying to gain attention from his peers in negative ways . What are they going to propose? They tend to be behaviorists, token economy type of things. </p><p>What I think is that he needs someone with him who can stop him and process what he is doing and how it is alienating the good kids he would like to be friends with. The chances of getting that in public school are pretty slim I would think. </p><p></p><p>Anyone have an experience for a 1:1 aide for a kid that is very aware of their surroundings? That was part of my oldest son's problem--he hated the stigma of having an aide as he got older.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pepperidge, post: 399251, member: 2322"] Hi All, Smallworld, We think the SSRI is pretty much gone. There doesn't seem to be any residual mania. psychiatrist suggested small dose of Risperdal (or Seroquel) if we were worried about him hitting. So right now we have him on .25 mg Risperdal, which seems to be a little sedating. I am really reluctant to get into the atypicals with this kid since we had many issues with Abilify including weight gain but also some movement issues, uncontrollable peeing in pants etc when he was younger. He seems to have this thinking about kicking/throwing things at other boys' groins. He doesn't really have dyscalculia or dysgraphia. In fact he met state standards last year. We did have an assitive technology review a few years ago and they were going to give him an alphasmart but he didn't want to use it. Wanted a full easy child or nothing. We weren't ready to go that route (yet) but he will get a easy child for high school. Problem will be to keep him off the no no sites. So I don't think that is a major component. What seems to be going on is that he doesn't read social cues very well or can't stop himself from annoying behavior even when he gets the social cues (he has been in various social skills classes and is the star but knowing what to do vs. being able to do it in the moment is another thing). Principal thinks he is trying to fit in with some of the less "desirable" kids and is now moved to a bit of bullying behavior of kids with more severe issues as a way of being "cool.". This is really sad to us because he has a genuinely sweet heart and has tended to stand up for other kids who are being harrassed. I think that as he ages the gap between his social developmental age and other kids is growing and he is desperately trying to negotiate the whole13/14 year boy thing. Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE) kids are very vulnerable to being "used" by their more sophisticated peers. This of course does not bode well for the future. So the FBA will take place, it will show that he is trying to gain attention from his peers in negative ways . What are they going to propose? They tend to be behaviorists, token economy type of things. What I think is that he needs someone with him who can stop him and process what he is doing and how it is alienating the good kids he would like to be friends with. The chances of getting that in public school are pretty slim I would think. Anyone have an experience for a 1:1 aide for a kid that is very aware of their surroundings? That was part of my oldest son's problem--he hated the stigma of having an aide as he got older. [/QUOTE]
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