Melt Down Again??
June 3rd, 2010 | 
Author: Well today Dakota had another melt down this time he was screaming and yelling and at times he threw things at the mention of school. Not sure what is the trigger as I said he could just go to gym today. I called the Case Manager to see what her thoughts might be and to let her know what was going on. I told her we have to take one day at a time because I don’t know one day to the next and she agreed. I told her I would let her know what happens once I called the school.
Well I called the Principal on Tuesday and he didn’t contact me back I think he knew I was pretty upset and must not have liked the I told you so. I know we want to get him to school as much as he can handle but these last few days leave me in question again. Can he handle them? Just when I was questioning it about 1:00 Dakota came out and said OK I would like to go to gym. I thought OK I Just called him in and talked with the Special Ed teacher and now he wants to go. So I said what the heck. Even if it is only 20 minutes at least I got him there.
I want to try to end school on a positive note. So I am rewinding this post here a little. Before we left I was talking with the Special Ed teacher trying to find out where exactly his reading was at so I could work on it this summer and make sure I was buying things at the level he is at. Told her I don’t know how the last three days will go but I can only take it one day at a time and try to get him there. I am really lucky they understand the meltdowns of Dakota’s. I am thankful in a way too. I don’t want to end the year on a negative note either. I know that the school has really come around and made adjustments. The whole part that is frustrating is why does school trigger him so much. The sad thing is I may never have an answer for it.
I was really glad the Special Ed Teacher said we didn’t have to add the 15 minutes to his day and she agreed that ending on a positive. She was shocked too when he said ok let’s go to gym. I had to hang up fast. I think I am going to write the Principal and let him know where my thoughts are at this time. See what he has to say.
Tomorrow I will share the GYM Incident.
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While it looks like you were having a very difficult day with Dakota, I have been busy social networking!
Which brings me to the reason for this post:
I am really very sorry that this is a form letter
However we spent days following everyone on the Simply Follow list from the Mom Bloggers Club, and out of 690 people, maybe only 10 followed us
I don’t know if you joined our blog or not, but if you have a moment, could you PLEASE go over to http://www.kiboomu.blogspot.com and give us a quick follow? We have loads of activities, music, games and songs that would be GREAT for Dakota.
Again, sorry for this form letter, but I am going to to back to ALL 690+ people that we followed and leaving this note. Hopefully we will get a super great turnout now!
BTW I LOVE YOUR BLOG!!
XOXOXO
Wendy
admin Reply:
June 4th, 2010 at 1:17 pm
Thanks Wendy. The day got better for Dakota and yes I can go back and follow your blog
I’m beginning to think my friend that Dakota just hates school. The more I read about him from you that’s the only conclusion I can come up with. Now you know I’m far from a doctor and don’t even pretend to be one and I’m not around him at all like you are but it just seems to me that this is his way to stay away from school. Again it might be something you will never know what causes him to melt down when school is mentioned but I just wonder if he knows he gets his way when he does this with school and that’s what it is all about. I certainly hope not but it seems like it could be a possibility. I do hope that they school year ends on a high not for you and Dakota. I’m sure you are looking very forward to summer
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admin Reply:
June 4th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
It’s possible there I times I wonder about that. Autism and Stress do go hand and hand. I talked with the in home counselor last night for a bit and I am so happy to hear she will be stopping by next week to catch up. She reminded me about autism and stress. It’s frustrating it’s not just school he gets upset about it’s someitmes even something as simple as going to the store.