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Monthly Archives: January 2011

>theft from the dr.

>M got caught three separate times trying to steal toys from his psychiatrist. Psychiatrist told him that if he didn’t stop eventually he would get put in a jail. And that he could get sent there as early as age 11. He also spoke at length about M’s meds, his behaviors, and anti-social personality disorder. He can’t diagnose an antisocial personality disorder until the age of 18, but agrees that all of the signs are there for that eventual diagnosis. The doctor also told us that at some point, M will need to be institutionalized to protect him from himself, and to protect other people from M’s behaviors. We have been told that before. At the age of 9, it is too early to be looking at long term placement. Our goal has always been to do what is best for M. At this point, we are doing everything we

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>Theft

>M got caught stealing from the substitute teacher a couple of times today. He said he wasn’t taking things from her, he was taking them from the teacher. I don’t have a complete list, but it was enough that this kind woman told me about it without letting it go. Tweet #fighting4answrs

>heart strings

> M looks over at me, says “Nite Daddy… ” ahhh, I love the little guy. He just grabs my heart. Tweet #fighting4answrs

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