Lizze is staying home with Elliott tonight cause he's not been feeling well. Emmett and I are off to see Dr. Pattie. I left Gavin at home because honestly, I need a break from him today. I'll talk more about that later. Emmett and ran an errand before heading to therapy but it was really nice spending time with just him... ☺
One of the reasons we have maintained family therapy for all this time is because it's so easy to overlook things when it comes to the emotional health of our special needs kids. Last night is a great example of when we learned things that we hadn't known prior. This newfound knowledge helps us to address things that are upsetting one of more of the kids. We spent Tuesday night focused on Gavin. Dr. Pattie needed brought up to speed because Gavin's had several appointments since the last time she saw him and it's important that everyone be on the same page. Gavin had mentioned that he needed to talk about one of his recent missions. These missions are the result of schizoohrenic hallucinations and while they are very real…
Family therapy has become a routine thing for my family. It's important that we stay ahead of anything that's going on and ensure that the kids are getting what they need. Parenting three kids with Autism and various other special needs, makes it damn near impossible to meet all their needs. Therapy helps us to make sure that we're at least meeting the most important ones. Anyway, last night was pretty routine, right up until the end of the session. I honestly don't even remember what triggered this but basically, out of nowhere, Gavin had a total breakdown. He starts sobbing and we finally get out of him what's causing him distress. Apparently, Gavin is having thoughts of punching people in the face. He isn't wanting to act on it,…
Tuesday is family therapy night for this family Every Tuesday night we have family therapy. It's more for the kids, but it's evolved into more of a family therapy session. We work with the same doctor we've worked with for over a decade, and we all look forward to this every week. When you're a special needs family, you cannot put a price on this kind of support. It's good for the boys and it helps Lizze and I ensure that we're doing what's best for our three kids with Autism. It's awesome to have a sounding board for when we don't know what to do.. Do you have a therapist for your family or your kids, that you couldn't imagine life without?
Today was a mishmash of many different things. All the therapies from today were canceled as a result of Emmett's fever. Dr. Pattie is a bit different, and so we made it to that. She's known Emmett since before he was born and understands about the fevers. I suppose the main focus of this post will be on the therapy session with Dr. Pattie. It has occurred to me that in all the years I've been writing, I've never really talked about what happens during on of these therapy sessions. Frankly, we've been going every week since before Elliott or Emmett was born and so it's become just one of those things I rarely think much about because I'm so used to it. When the boys and I arrive, we usually…