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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thanks everyone  who has replied. Sounds like Adderall is not helping and possibly hindering my son. We will see his psychiatrist this Thursday and work on stopping this drug.  Our doc is a pediatric psychiatrist and we are very happy with him. We had our son in play therapy for over a year and we felt we got nothing out if nor did he beyond doing fun crafts each week. We switched to a new psychologist a few months ago who is focused on results and he has been very helpful. He is the one who thinks anxiety is the major issue at play. We had a neuro-psych done already but apparently it wasn't good and my son's current psychologist is encouraging us to have it redone.  We plan to do so. I will reach out to Dr. Black tomorrow.

We haven't hired an advocate yet, but I will do so this week - any suggestions for one who has experience in FCPS?  We want our kid to get the tools he needs to succeed socially. Academics are definitely second right now. We just had a FBA done but we haven't really had a chance to get the BIP in place as he has been suspended twice in one week. The BIP was finalized on a Friday about 5:30 and then on Monday he was suspended for two days when he got in from an incident he had while he was waiting for us when we were in the IEP meeting. Sigh. I feel like the school isn't giving us a chance to get it started. Of course, I don't blame them when it comes to safety as my son is hurting other kids. It is frustrating.

I am so grateful for your input. I cried reading the replies - as I am sure every one of you can relate - this is so very hard emotionally.  I am a bit of wreck.

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I agree that the adderall is possibly making things worse. Are many of the issues/behaviors occurring a few hours after he has taken the adderall? I am an adult who takes adderall and I know that when it is wearing off, I get very very short tempered. However, as an adult, I know how to control my short temper. A child can not control a short temper created by medication.

I would absolutely look into ABA/Behavioral therapy. My son is almost 5 with ASD and we have been doing ABA (a natural environment - newer type model) for 1 year. It has been life changing. He loves to go to ABA. He likes to learn and he has learned how to communicate better and interact with others better. We (parents and teachers) have also learned better ways to communicate with him, tools to use to increase his good behavior (we use a behavior chart where he earns tokens). The behavior chart started really small {ex: circle time, he received 4 stickers if he 1. sat in his chair, 2. controlled his body (stayed in his seat), 3. at least watched the teacher (didn't actually have to sing/talk etc), 4. stayed the entire 10 minute}. Now he gets 1 token for attending and participating in the entire 15 minute circle time. The behavioral therapist has created a plan that grows with him.

Hugs to you. Hoping things get better very very soon. [/quote]

OP here. I am tempted to cut his Adderall dosage a bit tomorrow but won't til we meet with his doc on Thursday. The incidents occur at different times but often during writing, unsupervised times like lunch and recess, class changes. I was hoping to go to an ABA school-training this Tuesday but I have a work event so cannot but I will order a book on it for my Kindle.[/quote]

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