I talked to the psych again... she was not aware that he refers to himself in the 3rd person (I think he just does it at home). She told my son that he should stop that because it's a little weird. He said ok! This psych is pretty amazing... my son respects and listens to her. I am happy we found her. He couldn't care less that I have been saying the same thing to him for months.
She thinks the 3rd person stuff is just him playing around with language. She said that some autistic kids refer to themselves in the 3rd person, but not in the same way. In any case, we are continuing to take him to the ABA social skills group, he needs it.
He is very challenging and exhausting kid, but he has amazing positive qualities too. I'm just going to keep on keeping on.
