Re:New...Lost about, well...everything (Long)

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I can totally relate. My son is 12 and has Asperger's and ADHD. It has been a constant struggle. We make one step forward and two steps back. We have had good help and resources from this group and from others. If you wish to email me I can share things specific to you, or you can ask this group for their resource lists again.

My son is also very intelligent, high functioning, but non productive and distracting. We work with him, the teachers do for a while, he is in a special school and declining at the moment. Very frustrating. He doesn't know why either. He tries but "no one is happy with him" so he feels. He has been on and off medicine which helped temporarily and minimally.

Some days are better than most. We as the adults need to look at the whole picture, not the individual actions. We need to stay calm, talk to others, follow up on resources and love our child. Easier said then done, but it's the right thing to do.

Can I ask how he got on the Medicaid waiver?

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[Guest guest]

Carol --

You just described my son. We had an IEP meeting this morning. They are

reevaluating him. (New tests) We did request an one on one aide for him.

We find out the results November 5th. He gets Medicaid because he is

on SSI. Although even if he wasn't on SSI, we fall under the income

amount for Healthy Families coverage.

Today is day two of no medication. Yesterday he got detention for

disrupting class, but the teacher said this morning that it seems like

she pushed him to far. I talked to him on the phone and he cried and

said he doesn't know how to succeed and maybe he should just kill

himself. Called his doctor and waiting for a call back about that. He

has said that before. I know he is frustrated.

cabstg@... wrote:

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> I can totally relate. My son is 12 and has Asperger's and ADHD. It has

> been a constant struggle. We make one step forward and two steps back.

> We have had good help and resources from this group and from others. If

> you wish to email me I can share things specific to you, or you can ask

> this group for their resource lists again.

>

> My son is also very intelligent, high functioning, but non productive

> and distracting. We work with him, the teachers do for a while, he is

> in a special school and declining at the moment. Very frustrating. He

> doesn't know why either. He tries but " no one is happy with him " so he

> feels. He has been on and off medicine which helped temporarily and

> minimally.

>

> Some days are better than most. We as the adults need to look at the

> whole picture, not the individual actions. We need to stay calm, talk

> to others, follow up on resources and love our child. Easier said then

> done, but it's the right thing to do.

>

> Can I ask how he got on the Medicaid waiver?

>

> Carol