The daycare called me at work today. They were not happy. Ds had gotten upset, and he threw a ball at a staff member, hitting her in the eye.
Now they want to call a meeting with one of the caregivers, the caregiver's boss, and us. Oh goody.
So now along with the school calling an iep meeting right after he took off running during a fire drill, and with the daycare calling a meeting after he threw a ball at someone's face, I guess you could say it's all sort of falling apart.
I'm pretty much at an all time low. I don't know how to help my son. I don't know how to just plain live anymore. It seems like everything is SO hard! It shouldn't be this difficult. It just shouldn't.
I don't see how to improve this situation. My son isn't like that at home, so I don't know how to fix what's wrong at school and daycare. I'm at a complete loss. My son would never hit someone with a ball, not at home. Why does it happen there? How do I have any influence on something that's happening out of my element? They want me to put an end to this behavior, but I never deal with this behavior! So what do I do?
Great time for the behavior therapy to be yanked away, huh?
I do have an appointment with the autism specialist tomorrow. Perhaps that will help.
I think I need sleep. A lot of it. Things will look better after a good night's sleep.
1 comment:
A post like this brings out the advocate in me - for one thing, the school needs to provide the support he needs to handle things like a fire drill.
Daycare is harder because it's private - do you have any access to behavioral health services where you live? My son had someone with him most of the time while he was in daycare.
I would highly recommend you find an advocate to help you get what he needs for school. Just call some of the local disability organizations and you will find someone. This post I wrote on 5MFSN also has some references for information.
Don't try to go it alone - there is help out there and you don't have to reinvent the wheel. You will get through this and your son will benefit from all the work you are doing on his behalf.
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