Marcus is white knuckling this six months until his court case is resolved. It's been two months and things have been sort of okay. But the last couple of weeks have been hard for him. He had an incident with his one to one where he held her in a room and grabbed her. A police report was filed, but no arrest. The poor woman was terrified. I feel terrible for her and am disappointed that they might not be working together anymore. She was wonderful.
And he really struggled with a peer. The kid's parents were upset enough to want to press charges against Marcus. I ended up having a meeting with them where both boys came to talk things through. We managed to avoid calling the police, but it was close. The father started to get pretty aggressive with me until I pointed out to him that I was doing everything possible. After all, my son is in residential placement (as is his). I left feeling glad that we avoided the police, but still felt really beat up.
Have decided to take Marcus home to California for Christmas. I know...what was I thinking?! Especially since my husband has to work and I'll be doing this on my own. I guess I felt like I can't just keep him in the house all the time and that it's been many years since he's seen his extended family. I'm mostly worried about the plane flight but plan on asking his doctor for some Valium or some other drug that will calm him for the flight. Wish me luck.
And he really struggled with a peer. The kid's parents were upset enough to want to press charges against Marcus. I ended up having a meeting with them where both boys came to talk things through. We managed to avoid calling the police, but it was close. The father started to get pretty aggressive with me until I pointed out to him that I was doing everything possible. After all, my son is in residential placement (as is his). I left feeling glad that we avoided the police, but still felt really beat up.
Have decided to take Marcus home to California for Christmas. I know...what was I thinking?! Especially since my husband has to work and I'll be doing this on my own. I guess I felt like I can't just keep him in the house all the time and that it's been many years since he's seen his extended family. I'm mostly worried about the plane flight but plan on asking his doctor for some Valium or some other drug that will calm him for the flight. Wish me luck.
