- Re: Behaviorist rant....

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HAHAH You made me laugh so hard... I know ... sleep isnt it just

the greatest! hahahaha

And yeah we have come to the conclusion that they will not be much

help at all... unless I can prove something is " wrong " with him.

Yet I cant get anyone to tell me what is wrong with him... its a

vicious cycle...

And I am glad to know I am not crazy... I have been thinking this

all along, and no one else seems to understand where I am coming

from.... but how are they treating something that they dont know

what " IT " is.... I was told not to worry about it because, the

treatment is the same for whatever it might be.... I cant imagine

that is true! To me you would have a better understanding of what and

how to approach things, if you knew what the problem was...

We just have one week left of actual therapy from early

intervention... and school starts tomorrow here... yet my poor baby

because the school system hasnt helped us a bit, we dont know when he

will start school... and to top it off they are sending him to a new

school halfway across the county... NO they couldnt have been at

least a little considerate and assigned him to the school my

daughters go to.... but that is another topic I could go on forever

about... I will stop now LOL

> I don't think the school will do much as far as an eval until you

get

> a diagnosis from a neurologist. I am guessing here, but I bet they

> will stall you until then, and even beyond that, due to the high

> demand for services and because without a diagnosis they won't know

> exactly what approach to take. My team was fully aware of my son's

> PDD diagnosis and pretended it didn't matter until after seveal

> months of going to school everyday, they reported that he refused

to

> interact with anyone and was fixated on spinning objects

endlessly.

> Even then, I had to beg, and I mean beg for an eval from the school

> for something like 4 to 6 months. He is doing so much better now

> that the appropriate interventions are ongoing.

>

> After you get an eval from a pediatric neurologist, which can take

6

> to 8 months depending on where you live, also due to heavy demand,

> then you need to start calling school supervisors and department

> heads. I know your tired. Tired is my middle name. Someone said

> something today about " sex " where I work. I laughed and said " who

> cares about sex, sex is highly overated. Nothing is more important

> than sleep far as I was concerned. " Just sign me, " tired and

sexless "

> Good luck.