F'ing A, already!!

On the 23rd, I took Jack in for a med check. The Concerta- even with the Intuniv- is not wowing us. Every single day, he's easily annoyed, he takes everything the wrong way, he's grumpy, he's rude.. need I go on? It's not as bad as it has been, and goodness knows it's been pretty bad. It *is* enough to notice, however.. and enough to say to ourselves that a kid with this attitude is not going to make very good friends with either the other students, or the staff, at his new school. So again, we're back to just the Intuniv.

He has good days and bad days, like usual. He still gets mad on occasion. Yesterday, as a perfect example, he called his sister "evil" for interrupting her. Then when I called him on it, he gave me the evil eye, while he balled up his fists and tried to puff himself up like a.. I don't even know what kind of animal. I wasn't having it. After he calmed himself down enough for us to talk, we discussed various examples of appropriate and inappropriate responses to things that happen in our life. (Honestly, it's me discussing it. He just sits there, usually. He may or may not cover his ears or turn his head). Later, when I mentioned how to take a minute for himself when he's feeling angry, he could do A, B, or C. Whichever one had to do with deep breaths got me serious attitude, a bit of mocking, works like "people who do that are gullible". I don't know whether to laugh or cry with this kid. I love him, but when he gets like this, I hear the Serenity prayer in my head.

Sigh..

I already have my first IEP meeting scheduled for the year, as well as a walk-thru for Jack at his new school. I also hear that his new teacher is a former Intervention Specialist. God, I hope that's true. I also hope that means this will be a much better year! *seriously keeping my fingers crossed!*