Author Archives: carl

blessings and victories

David is really blessed to have such a great team looking out for him. From therapists, to psychiatrists, respite providers to mentors, he has an incredible team of people looking out for his interests. It is nice to know that we can count on these people to support us when we tell the school that what they are doing is wrong. Each professional and social worker has said “what the school is doing to him and your family, is wrong…” It is discrimination against a child with special needs.   Today’s victory is brought to you by David. I was working on our truck today.  Big red I call her.  She was overheating, so we ended up replacing the heater core.  Along the way, we replaced the thermostat, radiator hose, one heater hose and 2 fan belts.  Plus I made an extensive trip to a junk yard with my father

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snacks snacks and more snacks

Because of his high metabolism, David requires frequent snacks.  We do fresh fruit, canned fruit and baked goods.  The baked goods are more reward snacks than regular snacks. The dog was munching on a snack today.  Turns out he is getting his treats from David’s room.  Sure enough he had a whole box of Little Debbie Cosmic Brownies hidden in his room.  Grrrr… We don’t withhold food, rather we make every effort to ensure that he asks for permission, and that he doesn’t take them into his bedroom.  The only time he is denied a snack is right before meals. Recommendations?  We do lock our cupboards, but this cupboard is 6 feet off of the floor.   Tweet #fighting4answrs

a new therapist

David has a new therapist.  We met her yesterday.  Very abrupt lady.  Just what David needs, as he hasn’t been wanting to listen and stop having negative behaviors. David has OCD.  So we talked about his stealing electronic gadgets.  After she got done with his session we talked about it.  According to her, he knows right from wrong.  She doesn’t think the OCD has anything to do with his stealing.  Why?  When he stole a watch last week from Kmar sh asked him which pocket he put it in. His response was “I put it in my back pocket.” She asked him why. “Because they never search my back pockets.” was his reply. Which according to her means he is thinking about what he is doing before he is doing it.  Where as if it was a compulsive behavior, he would just do it without thinking it through first. So

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