We met with Dr. Patti tonight.  The mission was to speak with Gavin about the issues with his behavioral choices.  This conversation was very honest and I mean very honest.  Basically, Dr. Patti said that Gavin is simply not capable of caring about anyone or anything but himself and what he wants.  As horrible as it is to hear that,  it's absolutely the truth. The conversation cover a great many things involving our current family situation and how his choices are hurting everyone in the house.  Towards the end of the meeting the conversation took a turn.  Dr. Patti wanted Gavin to know that it has become clear to her that he is no longer capable of living with his family.  I had been stressing out about how to broach…

Today we had our 2nd Wraparound meeting this morning.  The purpose of today's meeting was for them to meet Gavin. We also had a bit of paperwork to go over as well. Our coordinator is getting ready to petition for funding, so we can place Gavin into residential care. We briefly spoke about some of the things that have transpired since our last meeting a few weeks ago. At one point, I had Gavin in step out of the room so we could speak more openly about what has been going of.  I also showed her the video from this past Saturday of Gavin having a tantrum. I don't think she was prepared to for what she saw.  After Gavin came back in the room she was asking him some…

The boys had therapy yesterday afternoon.  All was well until right before we arrived at Concorde Kids. However, I've gotten ahead of myself. Emmett and I went to pick up his brothers at school, around 2pm. They all had either speech, OT or both. When Elliott got into the van he was a little bit upset because he was missing get snack time.  He talked himself through it and was doing ok.  While on the way to Concorde Kids,  Elliott made the comment that 3pm would be here really soon and he could go home and have a snack.  I thought that was very mature of him and I was about to tell him how proud of him I was for handling that so well.  However, before I could open…

I've got this pet peeve as of late and it has to do with USPS.  I love the postal service and I think the country would come to screeching hault if they do actually go under. That said,  I have a PO Box set up for this blog so that people can correspond via mail, for whatever reason. A few months ago I set up text messaging alerts so that when mail arrives,  I'm notified right away.  Until this point, I was just driving out their at random times to check.  It was a waste of time and gas. You would think that being the United States government we could make something as simple as a text message alert letting me know I have mail, work.  I mean we put…

Emmett and I have been spending a lot of time together, especially since he's in his Daddy phase. I often times, literally can't get away. As overwhelming as that can get at times,  it's also very rewarding as well.  Recently,  we were sitting on the couch and he sat there with his little arm around me.  I was able to sneak away pictures of us, but caught him in mid chew.  :-) I treasure these moments because I am fully aware that he's already growing up way to fast.  This was posted via WordPress for Android, courtesy of Samsung’s Galaxy S III. Please forgive any typos. I do know how to spell but auto-correct hate me. Please join our Autism Help Forums Look for "Autism Help" app at the Google…