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[quote=Anonymous]I have a third grader who has been diagnosed with ADHD, ODD, impulse issues and on the spectrum. His therapist thinks a lot of his behavior problems are stemming from anxiety. We have him on Adderall and Risperdol and are considering switching meds this week. Our son started at the AAP school this year with a fairly extensive IEP.  It has not been going well. He has been suspended five times for violent behavior. He has done things like this - when he was pushed into a coat rack accidentally he reacted by biting the girl who did it. He does fine academically except for writing (he will often rip up his papers and get upset at writing time).  His behavior problems are usually related to when he doesn't get his way, or is someone slights him (kid cuts in line in from of him).  We have had him in outside therapy, OT and speech for a year.  We pay out of pocket for OT and speech as our insurance limit was reached this past summer.

We think he needs to moved to a different setting and the school is encouraging us to move him to the special ed center school. We are in the FCPS system. We are very distressed about  this situation. He is our oldest and my husband and I are rule-followers and have never had a detention in our lives. We  both work and he has a stable happy home.

We are at a loss on what else we can do?  I am thinking we should look at the other med options and with moving to another setting might help. I don't want my son hurting or stopping other kids from learning. It is breaking my heart that he has hurt other kids.  We just want our son to get the help he needs to succeed.

The schools we have been at seem to be supportive but I don't know. I am wondering if there is someone out there that we could talk to to get an objective opinion of what our next steps should be. Should we move him to that center? Should we push to just move him to a private school setting (at the county expense - we cannot afford the tuition), should we have home-based learning, move him to his base school or even keep him at his regular school?

Any advice is greatly appreciated.[/quote]

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