Has anyone dealt with severe agression issues with their GT child?
I am so frustrated with DS6. After a few trips to the principal's office over the past month or two he finally got an official displinary write up yesterday for wrestling with another child and when told to stop he actually lashed out at the teacher. Both verbally and physically.
DS6 is already in counseling for verbal anger issues and now it seems to be turning into physical anger. His afterschool teacher even asked me if DS6 was on meds yesterday because she can't believe how much physical agressive energy he has been having lately.
I don't know if I can blame everything on lack of academic challenge (Split k/1st--neither remotely challenging).
When I try and talk with DS6 about these behavior he always tries to remove the blame from himself. He says things like we don't love him enough or that no one understands him because he was only playing around.
When given academic stimulation at home I am finding that he is getting increasing frustrating with anything even remotely hard. If he can't figure something out or gets a problem wrong he calls himself stupid and that he has a stupid brain.
We are looking to enroll him into a school for GT kids next fall (first year it is even open) and there does not seem to be another school option available to us right now (both DH and I work full time).
Has anyone been down this path before--I would love to hear stories (both good and bad) of how it has resolved or not resolved.
Thanks
Last edited by crisc; 01/09/09 08:03 AM.
