I understand the ss issues and IEP issues very well. My sons are both on IEPs (for EBD but not the EBD that most people think of...not the emotional outburst, bad behavior but they need to make an emotional connection to their work)
but
my Cori's daughter has RAD so I know full well, the difficulty of behavioral issues.
Also, as a teacher, I am privvy to some educational type interventions as well...
if you need any new strategies to try, let me know
Thanks Fig! Yeah, that sounds very familiar. It is difficult. We have to get him through 4 1/2 more years of school. More importantly, get him to a place where he can be successful. It is a stress. And sometimes, you just feel like giving up. My biggest personal issue is how disrespectful he is to both of us and some of his teachers. He is especially disrespectful to my W. IMO, because she is too soft on him and isn't consistent enough with consequences. Whereas he knows that he can push me to the point where he needs to actually be concerned. For example, lately, he will just flat out refuse to comply. "No. I am not going to do that." If I had done that with my dad, I would have had my a$$ beat! LOL! And in some respects, I feel that SS needs a little of that attitude from us. But W disagrees with that completely. So we butt heads there. And for me it is tough because he is not my son. My W wants me to co-parent with her and she definitely allows me to impose discipline, but she puts the brakes on with certain things. It can be a bit frustrating.
I appreciate the offer. My W is a teacher as well and has a few different colleagues who deal with this kind of stuff who she relies upon. If you have anything that you can put on the board for me to look at I would definitely look at it though.
M 43 X 38 T 13 W moves out of home 11/2010 Roller coaster from hell 2/2011-5/2012 I request divorce 5/2012 W moves home 6/2012 Good time 7/2012 - 1/2015 I leave 3/2016 process of divorce
