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I too am very interested to hear that I am not the only one dealing with the children's issues and feeling like I can't cope. Last year I melted down almost as often as my kids, though I did it differently. I hate emotional confrontation and I had to do a lot with the school my children attended.

This year, I have a TSS for my older son, and a behavioral specialist looking at both. There are a lot of interventions that are neither NHA or EC that are helping my children. The EC helped me try to do what I was already doing better. But, my DS8 is getting sensory time this year at school. The special ed teacher grabs him for a 1/2 hour in the morning and she runs him through walking like an animal (or so he says), sometimes puts him in a body sock, all kinds of interesting wacky sensory things. He is doing great and he loves it.

My DS7 is with a very even-keeled teacher. I have noticed that his "ADHD" happens when he is very wound up. So, having a teacher who catches poor behavior immediately and does not let her own emotional behavior escalate as a result is working wonders. I know neither of the two great situations will last forever, so I will try to enjoy this year before I have to jump into the fray again.:)

I guess my point is that no matter how great the system, there are so many other little factors that really go into this. This community's support with some of these grey-borderline OE issues really help my sanity at times.