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Lousie,
I'd love any contacts or info you have regarding FAS/ARND. I stumbled on some information on this looking for education programs for T. His very trined therapist told me T didn't have the facial abnormalities so it couldn't be that. I did more research and he does have abnormalities in his sternum.and is very small for his age.
Anyway, I had someone else do a Nueropsych developmental eval and she said definetly FAE or drug exposure and told me which part of his brain appeared to be damaged. She suggested brain gym exercises, but told me he was probably to oppositional to do them. I tried finding his original birth records, but noone seems real clear on where he was born. The records I have indicate he had a normal delivery and no problems at birth. The Psyclogist showed me healed over infant IV scars in his belly button and also behind his ear.
School was doing more harm then good and called me 3 times a day. When he was in school, he would come home and scream for hours again.
I tried to find alternate programs, but they are expensive and didn't help much. The law insists that I teach him a thousand hours of education a year based on information I feel will be useless to him later on. I'd rather teach him about life expenses, how to make money, how to get along with people, and find something he's good at and enjoys that he can support himself as an adult(even if he does require assistance).
I think it would be easier to handle the learning disabilities and other problems if her were at least a nice kid. He's mean to everybody at home and the other kids don't want to be around him at all. He also has sex issues that make finding respite impossible.
Thanks for the advice and support. I feel better then I did and I think it is a matter of giving up and restarting in cycles.
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