Also: after thinking over what the neuropsych told me re: teachers' perceptions of behaviors...my conclusion is that none of his behaviors are severe. I was talking with my parents about it and said my feeling is that DS is annoying and irritating. My dad said, "TOO BAD. Lots of people are irritating. They can't remove him from school on that basis." LOL
I discussed the "class-clown" oneupmanship with DS and his teachers' perception that he is being competitive and trying to "outdo" his classmates. He said that is not what's happening, at all. He said he loves it when people are funny and he becomes so excited and overstimulated that he just wants to keep it going--doesn't know when to put on the brakes. That seemed pretty insightful to me, and also gives us something to work with because if he can begin to notice when he is "amping up" physiologically, perhaps he can learn to regulate it better. I hope.
