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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He might be able to avoid the plan with meds and therapy. [/quote]

This is good incentive, thank you.

He is 16/ junior and because we are a split household and the other household thinks we're making things up and trying to label him that gets impressed upon him. Lots of stigma at the other household. He was against therapy, we made him do it anyways and it is not helping because he denies he has any issues and doesn't talk about anything. We're hoping to get him a new therapist soon that is a better fit and will challenge his answers and ask more investigative questions of him.

When the neuropsych evaluator gave initial feedback and recommended a 504, he was like no, I don't want that and I don't think it's necessary. We spent 10k on tutoring to have marginal improvement and when that ends this fall we know there will be a slip in performance and we are anticipating 2nd quarter being abysmal. Obviously that investment is not worth it given the new diagnosis and we're looking at different avenues there as well. [/quote]

How much time does your teen spend in the other household? My ex also undermined our child's diagnoses because my ex wasn't the full time parent so didn't see the same manifestation of symptoms that I did. We reached a point where child moved in with ex because the dynamic was becoming absolutely untenable - and now my ex is on board with interventions because it's obvious that our child struggles now that they live together full time. It was a really hard decision to make, but the benefit has been enormous.

Also - my child refuses 504 accommodations too. We're working in family therapy to try and convince them to use the accommodations when it makes sense to do so. It's hard. You have my empathy.[/quote]

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