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Category Archives: Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

Parent Teacher Conferences – A joy for David

Mom and I went to Parent Teacher Conferences at the PRTF where David lives last night.  To say that we were surprised in what we heard would be an understatement.  By all accounts, David is doing well. Compared to last year, when he couldn’t be kept in the classroom, now, he does the work.  Not without redirects, but hey, this is a kid with severe mental illness, just keeping him in the classroom is a start. He has a difficult time staying on task, but with a teacher that was reminiscent of Bonnie Franklin from One Day at a Time, he is making headway this year.  Even the keyboarding teacher had positive things to say about David, and he is doing very poorly in her class. This is in stark contrast from what we hear in the monthly staffing that we attend where we go over his treatment plan.  All

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Tags: autism, Dadchat, DadRT, NDBlogger, reactive attachment disorder, reality autism ·

A call from David. An Apology. Small steps.

You have to understand.  With David, apologies aren’t like an apology you would receive from someone with hurt feelings.  He doesn’t feel remorse like other people do. That said, the fact that he called to apologize was a huge event for him.  He called specifically to talk to me, and apologize.  Evidently he is working his way through everyone in the house. I don’t know if his apology was heartfelt or not. I will take it.  I told him I forgave him and then talked about when our next visit would be. Plus we talked about the Broncos / Cowboys football game.  David is rooting for the Borncos, as as he puts it, the Cowboys aren’t a very good team. Related articles Explosive Visit With David Today. (whynotfathers.com) David – Attention seeking or something more? (whynotfathers.com) Apologies, What are They? (socyberty.com) Tweet #fighting4answrs

Tags: autism, Dadchat, DadRT, NDBlogger, RAD, reactive attachment disorder, special happens, Special_Happens ·

A nice relaxed visit with David

Mom and I visited David today. Took him off campus for ice cream at the DQ.  Drove through a park on the way back to the facility.  Then we watched David play basketball with the staff. It is interesting to note that the staff was consistent in their praise about how well David is doing.  Yet, they don’t want to keep him at this facility. They operate on the level system there.  A B C.  level A is the highest and least restrictive.  David has been on Level A for over five days. Tweet #fighting4answrs

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