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Hey Joy. Austin is fully included, and with only 98 kids in 8th grade, he's one

of the few that get ESE...but there is a reg teacher and ESE teacher in every

class. His eating stems from unspupervised eating, getting to do what he wants.

It's been a rough few years, and the boys have eaten alone more than I care to

admitt. I worked a lot, and their father was diagnosed bipolar, obsessive comp.

The obsession was me, with the compulsion to control me, there was a suicide

attempt, tho the boys dont know that, they do know their father spent time in a

mental hosp. And no, there's no chance of hereditary passing on to the boys.

There was a lot of violence in the home, police, etc for about 6 months before I

finally could get out and get boys out. He never touched the boys, was good with

them, it was all centered toward me but they did see a little and hear a lot.

It's been a period of healing. I do think it's all finally catching up with

Austin, he has a delay in processing things. Took him 3 years to admitt his dog

had passed away. So maybe all the changes, everything he's been through, he's

trying for a little control. Well, there's our dirty laundry in a

nutshell...Wow. Sorry guys, but the background may help in figuring this out.

On the other hand, both boys love new school, house, they are both making

friends here. Dakota is playing football for the first time, adjusting and

happy. I spent a lot of time the past wow, nearly two years, in Key West. Every

weekend I didn't have the boys I was down here. Met a wonderful man, spent 1.5

years building a relationship with him. Boys included. We didn't move down here

until June. So while I think it's all been a huge adjustment for the boys, it

was a move in the right direction, positive overall, and it's nice to be able to

sleep at night 5 hours away from any threat of violence. I actually do sleep

now. The boys do as well. Being in the same town as their father wasn't good for

any of us.