Many of you have been following me and reading the saga helping our son with special needs. It’s time for an update. When I last reported things were not going so well.
To my friends and family, if I am hiding out and not showing up- It’s for good reason this time! I’m crashing because I don’t have to operate at a level totally beyond my capacity. I’m trying to recharge my batteries because things can change at any minute here.
In November we were finally able to get our son permanently placed in an “out of district school placement”. If you will remember from last year. . . He refused to go to school most days. When I did get him to school, he refused to do anything. What this out of district school placement means is that we were able to find a school better suited to him. It isn’t in our local school district and the school district agreed to place him there. They are paying for and transporting him to there. This isn’t an easy feat to pull off. But it is repaying the time and effort spent handsomely.
Currently, our son is attending a school called New Horizons. He is actually attending. EVERY DAY!! While there have still been hiccups- Such as him purposefully sleeping through math so they couldn’t make him do it. Not being able to participate in after-school activities because he just doesn’t have the stamina for that long of a day. I consider this a huge win!
The bus comes at 6:45 am to pick him up for school every day which means that he has to get up at 5:45 am. After last year I NEVER thought we would be able to accomplish this. But he recognized that this was important, so he chose to make his bedtime at 6:30 pm nightly so that he could make the bus every morning. This was huge.
We have also seen a drastic decrease in his physical aggression over the past several months.
All of this has led to everyone in the family being decidedly calmer, happier, and feeling like we just might make it to tomorrow after all.
We don’t know how long this will go on. We pray it will be forever. Until the next hill on this roller coaster we call parenting a special needs child, we’ll enjoy the coasting.
This all sounds very positive, I hope things stay calmer for you all. Thanks for linking up #twinklytuesday
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Glad to hear it is going better, one day at a time! Thanks for joining us on #GlobalBlogging, I just wanted to remind you to place our link badge on your post when you join us.
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So glad to read that you are going through an easier patch and hopefully it will continue for you. It certainly sounds like you deserve it. And hopefully the attending school every day will continue for you too! #globalblogging
Thank you. I’m certainly enjoying the change.
So very happy things are going well right now – parenting is a mix of ups and downs and special needs only adds to that juggling act I find. Well done to you and to him. Wishing you all the best moving forwards. I have had school refusals over the year and know how hard they can be. I now home-educate although constantly question that choice too. #TwinklyTuesday
I have home schooled as well. Unfortunately I don’t think that would have gone any better if I had done that last year. I think the problem was bigger than the school he was going to.
Regardless, I am SO happy things are going better this year. Thanks for stopping by.
Wow–I can’t imagine the pain of walking through this with your son. This is my first time visiting your blog, but can see instantly that you’ve been through so much and have mothered well through some hard stuff. Blessings to you going forward!
Thank you. I hope you visit again.
Sounds like he is doing really well hope everything continues to carry on well Thanks for linking to #Thatfridaylinky hope to see you next week
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It sounds like he’s making good progress. Long may it continue. Thanks for joining in with #ThatFridayLinky
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I’m so pleased to hear that things have settled down well for you all and I hope they continue. #thatfridaylinky
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YAY!! So many huge accomplishments!! What may seem small to some; in my eyes is just huge for you, your family and most of all your son. Take a deep breath Momma; enjoy a cup of coffee; revel in the feel good moment. Small battles won; are better than a huge war lost.
Yes. When he has a bad day or things come up now, I’m trying to tell myself to breathe as compared to where we were, these are only small battles.
Good to hear that things have settled down a bit. Keep taking care of yourself #BlogCrush
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