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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He's only going to participate in therapy if he feels he can truly say what's on his mind. Are you ready to accept that, knowing it may be very negative things about you, divorce, and your overall family situation? If not, there's really no point. I was this kid and definitely felt like the adults were trying to "fix" me or therapy-ize me into accepting their bad behavior and bad treatment of me. Total failure.[/quote]

Exactly. OP seems to have a fixed belief about her teen and what her teen’s own beliefs ought to be. That’s just not a tenable way. You cannot force someone to think of themselves in a certain way. And no matter how much you disagree with your ex there is SOME truth to the downsides of labels and therapy. You cannot force it.

Also OP seems to be placing way too much stock in the diagnosis and 504. As legions of us can attest not even a full on IEP is a guarantee of any results.

OP needs to step way back and give this kid more agency and space. [/quote]

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