Guest guest Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 This will be long,sorry. My son Ricky is 11. His summer program is thru his mental health agency. They work on social skills, controlling emotions, following directions using fun activities. Meds he is on include risperdal 2.5mg 2 times a day. We just reduced from .5mg in am to 1.5mg in pm. And lamictal 100 mg in am. Meds we have tried with no success include: clonidine, abilify, seroquel, depakote, geodon, welbutrin, and celexa. The doctor said there isn't much left to try. Of course i have used behavioral interventions. We are doing parent child interaction therapy, reward system using stickers, with rewards for keeping all stickers. Time out, OT, sensory integration, floortime,horseback riding, social skills groups, individual therapy. We have a behavior specialist from MRDD who writes social stories and a behavior support plan, and a community support provider from his mental health agency who comes to my home. I have not tried GFCF yet or biomeds yet because of the cost. - I am frustrated! good morning all. My son, Ricky is suppossed to be up and ready to go to his summer program right now. He absolutely refusing to get up and get ready. It is only 8:10 am and he is already defiant and nasty. I usually have to bribe him in order to get up. That didn't even work this morning. What do you all do when your child refuses to do something? Time out and taking things away don't work. I have made the decision to place him in residential treatment. Fortunately the treatment home is only around the corner from where i live. Thanks if you read this far. I can get kinda wordy sometimes. ________________________________ Finding the best videos just got easier. Try the NEW Truveo.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 We have had to use the police before. They come and talk to him and go on there way. Nothing really motivates him anymore. - Re: I am frustrated! Hi , I went through this with during the school year. He would make sure we overslept (he would turn the alarms off). We almost ended up in court because of it. I spoke to the principle of the school and we decided that if he missed his bus again I would call her and she would come and get him. He has a big respect for authority and did not want this to happen so he was up and ready for the bus after that. Is there anyone at your son's program that might be able to do this? Does he respect authoeity figures? I have even gone so far as to use threats to get him to do what I want him to do, (police if he threatens violence to others, the hospital if he threatens violence to himself, and so on). I hope that some of this will help you. > > good morning all. My son, Ricky is suppossed to be up and ready to go to his summer program right now. He absolutely refusing to get up and get ready. It is only 8:10 am and he is already defiant and nasty. I usually have to bribe him in order to get up. That didn't even work this morning. What do you all do when your child refuses to do something? Time out and taking things away don't work. I have made the decision to place him in residential treatment. Fortunately the treatment home is only around the corner from where i live. Thanks if you read this far. I can get kinda wordy sometimes. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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