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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. I appreciate all the comments and the advice to get him evaluated asap. I'm not sure about the being in denial comments... I fully recognize he has a problem and that the behaviors are not normal. If I could give him medication to guarantee he won't blow up at school, then I would gladly do it. I had a long talk with the counselor again today and he was very clear that we shouldn't look into getting an evaluation until we see how the therapy works out. Our therapist -after 3 sessions- has not recommended an evaluation. She works a lot with these kinds of issues. So I guess my choice is to wait ?

I agree, he would've been suspended already! We go to a private school.[/quote]

Ok, so I will back off on my comment related to you being in denial.  That said, I will not back down on my suggestion that you get him evaluated by a private psych.

I am so confused as to why the counselor is insistent on you waiting.  That makes zero sense.  In order for you to know what is really going on, you have to get a professional, private neuropsych evaluation by a private doctor.  Along with telling you what is going on with your DS, it will also outline what types of therapies you should look in to.

Plus, its not like you'll be able to get an appt for an eval tomorrow.  You will likely be on a 3 month+ wait list.

Good luck with whatever you decide, but as his mom you need to listen to your gut.[/quote]

+1000  I too have a kid similar to this and you are not well served and may regret tremendously later this wait and see approach based on school advice.  Schools led usand most all of our friends down the wrong path.  The way I saw it, we lost 1-2 years of help that DS could have gotten if we had gone in search of our own answers.  The anxiety and depression grew during that lost time.  The family was strained incredibly too.  Do you want to regret getting on wait lists and researching all of your options?  As a mom, I try to avoid regrets from waiting for evaluation by experts.  The analogy to the cancer dx. is spot on.  Worst case is you have confirmed that the school was right and you will feel like you did all you can do[/quote]

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