Splat Goes Life.

Jack has just been bumped up the Level One waiver list, due to his behavior this year. I'm told by his Service Coordinator that she has never worked on a case that the County approved without having Behavior Home Support already in place (and she has mentioned it to us, but frankly, I'm not interested in that right now). This seems to be a special case, considering the fact that Jack has already been accepted as a patient at the university's Dual Diagnosis clinic. This means a number of things for Jack, though he probably wont get the waiver until July. I'm not really familiar with the County waivers. I know of the Level One, and then the I-O waiver. Knowing what they cover is a different matter, though I am currently interested in setting Jack up with either an aide over the summer (preferably a male in his college years), or a summer camp. The waiver would pay up to a certain amount for either, among other things. In the meantime, I have at least the annual pool...

The week of March 17-21, we noticed a pretty nice change in behaviors for Jack, which seemed to coincide exactly with him taking a full dose of Risperdal (.5mg pill). There were still about 20 negative comments recorded on his behavior chart (not in detail, but just the number- 2 here, 3 there, etc), and once incident of yelling in gym class. That weekend was great. Jack was very polite, and while he and his sister did get into it a couple of times, he actually apologized without my prompting or request. Just right about the 24th, I have noticed more grouchiness in general. Daily episodes of general upset about one thing or another. The first time it had to with my picking the park we went to that day. I wasn't really in the mood to go (it was pretty chilly that day), and he wanted to make sure we went somewhere "fun". He also took 1-2 hour naps on his vacation, just about daily. His attitude about school of course increased as we got closer to this past Monday, whic...

I have finally found SOMETHING to help put me in a different frame of mind. Sort of. I Hope. I'm making my own beauty and cleaning products. Deodorant, toothpaste, moisturizer, shampoo, etc.. I'm actually quite enjoying myself. Yes, my son is still having his moments.. but while he's having them, at least I'm putting less crap in/on my body.

Are you a reader? Are you a reader of blogs? A reader of this blog in particular? Well, you are likely alone. Studies have shown that most people who don't have a child with a disability or developmental delay (or even a mood or mental disorder) will avoid a blog of this nature. This isn't to say there is anything wrong with you for reading this, but really now.. Why would you? The author of this particular blog wishes to express that anything you read here is 100% from the depths of a mind which may also be altered in some way. She has very little in the way of daily personal contact with human beings outside of her family, and her son's Intervention Specialist. There may be an occasional contact with strangers at the local grocery store, gas station, etc. It's also likely that in the course of transporting herself to any of these locations, she may curse like a sailor at them, while not technically making contact. This means she is likely going nuts. If you read...