Appointments

The little man saw his psychiatrist this morning.  He grew another 3/8 of an inch.  He did not gain anymore weight.  We are continuing on with the medication as it seems to have a good outcome.  Not perfect, but so much better than it was.  Sometimes I have to remind myself of that fact. 
The last month though his outbursts have increased in frequency.  Not intensity, just frequency.  I could be totally wrong, but I think it has to do with his anger, unhappiness, loss, etc from switching to the new school. I understand that I have not been educated on all the funness of special education, but I have got to say so much of what they do feels wrong.  At least wrong for my boy.  He has not had an outside recess since he started there.  He has to earn everything.  And while I understand that.....I also know from experience that when he gets outside and burns off some of his energy, he is much better.  So it seems really counter intuitive to make him stay inside and hold that energy and expect him to behave well enough to earn outside time.  Part of his misbehaviors are very much reasons for no rewards.  But answering a question with too much enthusiasm or tapping his pencil are not.  He has never had lunch in the lunchroom.  He has not been to the library.  No PE/ART/MUSIC.  It is six and half hours in his classroom.  It feels like it is taking the life and joy out of the boy. 
I made a comment about homeschooling to the psychiatrist.  He gave me a funny look and said but you lose the social part doing that. That that could be a negative.   Well six and half hours in a classroom and only interacting with those in that classroom is not much social.  And that losing the social part really is old thinking....homeschooling is not not social.