Shortly before the holiday break she basically told us she was done trying to work with him and was just going to strictly follow the rule book... and here we are.
Let's hope she stopped 'going the extra mile' because she had a deep knowing that it was time to really look at what is going on with your son, and stop with the stop-gap measures. I have know idea if she is right about this or not, but school seems a very negative place for your son right now, and sometimes it is better ... time will tell.
The husband took DS into the psychiatrist we've been taking him to and he recommended a place that does full-on evaluations. We'll take DS there every day for 2 weeks instead of school. He'll have class there and will be monitored and evaluated during and also some sort of testing outside of that. We go tomorrow to talk to them and see what the deal is.
Hopefully this will include the IQ and achievement test.
Hopefully the folks will have the open-mindedness to seek to understand the ramifications of those results
Time to read 'Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnosis....'
http://books.google.com/books/about/Misdiagnosis_and_dual_diagnoses_of_gifte.html?id=NQrtt-peg5AChere's a similar article -
http://www.sengifted.org/archives/a...nal-looking-beyond-psychiatric-diagnosistake a look at
http://www.sengifted.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/SelectingAMentalHealthProfessional.pdfI like the book Transforming, although I think the workbook is better organized...but I usually recommend the workbook because the version I read of Transforming was very anti-medication, which I think is too bad. Since you have Transforming, if possible I would recommend to read it, as long as you can keep yourself from feeling badly if you decide that medication is a thing to try for your family. Salt needed!
Love and More Love,
Grinity
