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[quote=Anonymous]PS ^ I'm not suggesting you not ID issues to address but at a certain point just start implementing the solutions you know he needs.  Stop doing rounds of assessments as this does nothing but make your kid even more alienated.  Our kid was told he needed so many things to help him but we were like well unless we stopped working and solely focused on speech therapy + regular therapy + tutoring + an activity after school he wouldn't be addressing his issues .  The truth is he prob does need all this but who wants to feel like they require all this work?  We only did tutoring and piano.  After meds we added therapy and we've never done speech therapy but you know what? One day at a time.  For now he's fine.  He's not 100% and that's OK.  He's getting As has a few friends and although anxiety and depression are still lurking he's getting by pretty well one day at a time.  I'll take him at 90% and happy enough v 100% and not as happy.

My best advice is to stop trying to fix and lecture.  Do 1-2 things to help him with what you're sure he needs help with - personally I'd try meds.  Then you think about school choices.  It's just about May so it's not a long way to go to next yr anyway.  You're not going to be able to fix him in one day doing one thing.  It's going to take some time so manage your expectations about how much you need to assess![/quote]

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