Posts by BetsyNY

Quote: Originally Posted by choli In fairness, what exactly do you expect the school to do? It sounds like pretty much what can be done is being done, but your son continues to have violent episodes that target the...

WOW, I'm so glad I saw this thread in the recent posts! I am 36 (gulp, feels SO WEIRD to write that) mother of twin boys, one with autism and the other newly dx'd ADHD. All of the reading I've done since his dx makes me realize that...

Head banging can be developmentally appropriate for 2-year-olds, and she couldn't have caused what's going on with her gross motor function by banging her head, so don't worry about that.

What about this one? It looks more like a stroller than a wheelchair: http://www.spinlife.com/Sunrise-/-Qu...1077&template=

OH--I see by your sig that she's two. Call EI, tell them what's up--they'll send someone to evaluate your daughter.

Take a deeeeep breath. If your daughter is having weakness on her left side, the doc is concerned about a bleed or some other abnormality in her brain. Was her birth traumatic, was there anything unusual about it? How old is your...

What's your dosage on the Zoloft? I've been taking it for a looong time and have had to have it adjusted every now and then.

Anybody out there with ADHD? How do you treat it? My son was just diagnosed, and after looking at some of the adult checklists I realize that I have it too. It's kind of a relief, but now I'm wondering what to do about it... I...

Quote: Originally Posted by MattBronsil I'm guessing a thank you note to the teacher for trying to create a healthy environment is out of the question? It's not for the teacher to decide, IMO. I don't...

That sounds a LOT like my son who was just dx'd ADHD. Demanding, inflexible, and could suck the fun out of just about every situation. We've had incidents very similar to the ones you describe--where the opposition would be comical...