Splat Goes Life.

Like when you go to a Summer Resources night for parents of kids with Special Needs, and have a moment with the Special Ed director- who seems to have different information than I do. She mentioned that Jack had a really challenging time when a male Sub came in for the Intervention Specialist. Now, the IS doesn't tell me about every little thing that happens (unlike last year, when the teacher actually counted every single time Jack said a rude phrase to her- whatever it was, it was like 26 times). I get bits and pieces some days, more details other days.. then the behavior chart at the end of the week. (Which isn't nearly as interesting as the actual detailed account of every little thing he's doing, every day- I've seen that once, and boy was it enlightening!!). So I didn't know that Jack said something rude about the sub never coming back. In front of every one. In fact, my understanding was that Jack liked not having the usual IS there, and the IS herself ...

Not really.. but my mom would have if she were me, and I were my son. One of the neighborhood moms came by the other day to basically say she was glad I finally "let Jack out". She says half-jokingly that I should have done that 4 years ago, so the boys could get to know each other. The trouble is (partly) that I don't necessarily care for how boys play these day. I'm not into the roughhousing, the toy guns, etc. "Boys will be boys", but maybe I don't want my boy to be just like everyone else? In any case, he's out and quite enjoying himself. Pretty much. She did say that there was an incident one day, where he got tired of them playing the song "Happy" over and over again. He took off his watch, threw it (can't remember if he threw it at them or down to the ground), called them a bunch of losers and said they were all going to "burn in hell". Needless to say, I'm not overly thrilled. She did tell him that he was mor...

My dear.. my darling.. my little angel. Um, not so much. Not today. Not in front of a gym full of kids trying to pay attention to their guest- an author of children's books. This was the day when my son decided to pitch a fit about being asked to put his water away. We were last at the psychiatrist's office about a month ago. I was fine with leaving Jack on 40mg of Elavil, but since his blood levels were "low", she wanted to try him at the next dose. Not a small jump up, mind you. No, we went from 40 to 75. We had blood work done a week later, but I'm not sure what the results were. Really, I was afraid to call her and say "gee, this really isn't doing jack sh*t", and for her to bump it up much higher in return. (So where would this leave us after summer break? He'd need to be on a higher dose by then!) His Intervention Specialist has made it clear that while Jack has had no further incidents including physical aggression (which means actua...

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...