ACarbone624
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The past few days have been very very tough. :x
My son has ADHD and Aspergers Syndrome which mean its very hard to hold his attention, follow directions, make friends...and if he doesn't get his way all hell breaks loose. We are currently home schooling him (been about 2 months) because the school teachers can't handle the way he acts and he keeps them so distracted the can't teach the rest of the class. The school has been very difficult to work with.
We currently have 2 different therapists coming to the house every week to work with my son. We have also had him at another program to help him with his behavior but that hasn't helped. We have tried all sorts of different reward systems to try and help with the behavior and outbursts but he just gets bored with them rather quickly and they lose effect.
This whole situation is putting a strain on my marriage because there are times when my wife and I don't agree on how to handle his behavior and how to deal with it. Then my wife and I argue. I am at the point where I want to get a second job just so i don't have to be home at all. My voice is hoarse from me yelling the past few days because that's the only thing that seems to work. I try to make plans to do fun things to keep him occupied based on his rewards that he gets but he always manages to get into trouble and plans get scraped.
My son has had these problems for a few years now so its nothing new...but its really getting to me recently. We have a meeting this week at the school to find out some test results and to see if we can get him into a different class that would help him more. Hopefully if he gets back into school, things will get better. [-o<
Just needed to vent.....
My son has ADHD and Aspergers Syndrome which mean its very hard to hold his attention, follow directions, make friends...and if he doesn't get his way all hell breaks loose. We are currently home schooling him (been about 2 months) because the school teachers can't handle the way he acts and he keeps them so distracted the can't teach the rest of the class. The school has been very difficult to work with.
We currently have 2 different therapists coming to the house every week to work with my son. We have also had him at another program to help him with his behavior but that hasn't helped. We have tried all sorts of different reward systems to try and help with the behavior and outbursts but he just gets bored with them rather quickly and they lose effect.
This whole situation is putting a strain on my marriage because there are times when my wife and I don't agree on how to handle his behavior and how to deal with it. Then my wife and I argue. I am at the point where I want to get a second job just so i don't have to be home at all. My voice is hoarse from me yelling the past few days because that's the only thing that seems to work. I try to make plans to do fun things to keep him occupied based on his rewards that he gets but he always manages to get into trouble and plans get scraped.
My son has had these problems for a few years now so its nothing new...but its really getting to me recently. We have a meeting this week at the school to find out some test results and to see if we can get him into a different class that would help him more. Hopefully if he gets back into school, things will get better. [-o<
Just needed to vent.....