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the good stuff

Dear readers, as many of you know through the writings here, David has been in residential placement. He is on his third major placement and like 10th or 11th minor placement. Major is facilities where he has stayed for more than 30 days, and minor are all of the others. This past week was a fantastic week for him. He has some residents in the facility that have been picking on him. Rather than fighting back physically, he has chosen the power of the pen and filed a complaint. This is the second time he has chosen this method rather than fighting. For David this is huge and needs to be celebrated! The other very positive thing that occurred this last week is that David moved up a level. He is at the highest privilege level he has ever been at in this facility. Does that mean he is

Treatment plan sabotage

It seems that our son is afraid of moving to another facility. Keep in mind that there has been no talk of moving him to another facility. But it is a fear of his. Since his primary changed a couple of weeks ago, he has been in a down hill slide. Can’t undo the change in primary because one staff member changed employment. He has been: Combative Stealing Hoarding food and snacks Disruptive As part of his treatment plan he is isolated from his peers at meal time, as that is when he provokes most frequently. He can not enter the kitchen/dining portion of the lodge without a chaperone. We tried to assure David that there are no plans to move him. If anything we are increasing the praise we are giving him for the good things that he does, and not focusing on the negative. In essence we are

Hope – for peace in his heart

David is really struggling over the last 24 hours. A majority of it is his response to his primary staff leaving. That he formed that strong a bond with someone is important. So while I understand that his behaviors are negative right now, maybe we need to look at it from a different angle. He formed an attachment of some kind with someone. This has only happened a couple of times in his life that I know of. So this is huge! Is it appropriate? Maybe not always, but it should still be celebrated. So we are trying to work with David and the staff at the facility to show David that it is ok. That how he feels is ok. With the Autism, David doesn’t understand sadness. He understands how different emotions get him different things, but he doesn’t understand emotions. So the key is to show him that