child with emotional disability

With a special needs child life can be more demanding. There can be lots of meetings to attend to and staff have to be aware of how best to handle a child. I am a primary school teacher. I have taught many different special needs children. The one that found social events difficult was the autistic boy. One time the fire bell went off and he found that really distressing. A band came to visit and they played drums. He put his hands over his ears. I am a parent of three children and my second son has spina bifida. It means he can't walk and he needs catheter care. He has many professional people involved in his life. I have found it excellent to meet other parents from his special needs playgroup. They have given me valuable information. Having my son was like a mystery for I was to find out about all the wonderful support I could get. My son goes to playgroup three sessions a week, has a portage session and sees a disabled support worker every week. I am sorry to hear about your son's depression. Good luck.

Been there done that. Twice. And they do grow up! School- go to EVERY meeting. You have to or you will lose the involvement. Just think of all the parents that never show up..... My kids thought of me as always being there and it was a good thing. There are things you can enter the child in you may have to be on the side lines but it works. I crocheted right along him in the music lessons and it worked. Yes a challenge but it can be done. As for a job I took them with, delivery papers etc. They can go with. Yes a challenge but it works. And just remember they do grow up! And the day they say thanks and they will it all is worth every single minute.

I have a disability myself. Bi polar disorder can be a hard impairment; I have a mobility impairment. No emotional issues though. My advice is not only to advocate for him, but to teach him to advocate for himself. in my opinion, it's never too early to start teaching him. Let me know and I can send you resources. I have a friend who has a bi-polar 12 year old (along with some other disabilities)

I wish I could tell you your journey is almost over but in truth you are only just beginning, you have a ways to go. Sorry.. There are many online and live groups that are there to help families going through things like this. Do you have an outlet for when he is at school, something to distract you?

Hi llowe3. I am probably not in a position to respond to your plea. I am not downtrodden with a special child. My brother has one though and we call him Louie. He is 13 now and as huge as a teddy bear could be. My 74 year old mother is tasked to take care of him, from preparing his food intake to cleaning him with toiletries. Louie couldn't talk. His pinches had been hurting, The teachers, the classmates, the bus drivers... all had complained and given up on my nephew. But my old mother wakes him up with songs each morning. She cooks food for Louie even of her legs ache with severe rheumatism. She rushes from the nursing home where my father had been confined just to meet Louie at the doorstep when the school bus delivers him home for lunch. Louie had been nothing but a blessing to my mother.