School Changes

We've done a Ritalin trial and discontinued due to a spike in anxiety.  Due to poor academic performance we pulled her out of the Maxwell Spanish Immersion school, moved her back to 2nd grade, and put her in a "regular" school (Ashland).  At first we thought it was a pretty smooth transition, because she didn't voice any concerns about the new school.  However, she has been talking about wanting to go back to Maxwell and be put in Kindergarten.

She feigned a tummy ache today to get out of going to school.  We called her bluff and told her she had to stay in bed all day. Miraculously she was cured by 8:15am.  Her academic performance is still pretty poor.  Her new 2nd grade teacher as well as her special ed teacher have told us that she has been testing boundaries and limits.  And finally, the director of her after school program has given us several reports of acting out behavior (including today).

I think it might be time for another therapist referral.  With the holidays coming it might take us until the new year to get her in somewhere.  So, the sooner we start the better.