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what do you do when…

your child is manic and goes running down the street into traffic yelling, just kill me? We had the start of an episode tonight. I ignored it. I walked away. I turned the other cheek. Every time I refused to acknowledge the behavior, the behavior escalated. David started spraying something that we later learned was “just water” at his brothers, the pets… and but we didn’t know that for sure. He has cut himself in the past. He has sprayed the animals with bug spray. So I called the Sheriff. Thankfully, he was able to help deescalate the situation. Things are better now. To say that I was, and still am very concerned about his safety is an understatement. But, we are safe now. I did discover one of his noon meds (for mood control and stability) laying on the floor of the van. Which tells me that he missed

Thoughts – control – arguments and what not

I have been torn. Since David has come home, we have had quite a few good days. The bad days, holy. It is trying on the whole family when they happen. So I am going to take a page from another parent of a child a lot like David. No confrontations. If he is spoiling for an argument, or a fight, we will just stop everything involving him. No giving in. By pursuing the fight, we are giving him what he wants. That is attention. Instead, we will continue what we have been doing. Praise ALL of the positive behaviors and actions. It won’t be easy. We have tried the direct confrontation. We have tried discipline, taking away privileges and that type of thing. He may lose one privilege, but he won’t lose them all. He needs to be able to burn off that energy. Not letting him do so

An open letter to the House Appropriations Committee – ND Legislature

Chairman, Members of the Committee. I am writing this here, because I can’t make it today to testify in person. I believe in the citizen legislature. I have to believe that you will read these words. My family adopted a special needs child from our state. When the adoption was finalized, he was court ordered to be under Medicaid until he reached age 18. We have learned that this can mean a lot of things. We have had medicaid coverage turned off, had to pay a recipient liability of 954 dollars a month, and been told that there is nothing more that can be done for our son. A quick bit of history, at the end, I will post some links to relevant sections of this blog, although if you have time, I highly recommend that you start at the home page. The blog itself is a record of our