[goodwithagun]

This sounds a lot like my son. He is behind his classmates until we show him how to do something. He instantly masters the task and then needs absolutely no remediation the next time he's asked to do the task. At that point he is actually functioning above his peer group. It's quite amazing to watch him function so much differently than other children. He gets frustrated because he can't use words to properly express what's going on in his brain. He knows what he wants to say, he just sometimes can't express it properly. Twenty or thirty years ago he would be labeled and placed in special ed. Now his (private preschool) teachers and nuns think he might be a genius.

[gitmo]

LOL. I have two sons, both adopted and both with very complex neurological issues. My older son is quite gifted verbally and the younger has very marked auditory processing and verbal issues.

As young boys they would get into disagreements. The older son would run verbal circles around his younger brother. The younger couldn’t defend his position verbally: he didn’t stand a chance. Eventually he would become frustrated and just haul off and deck his older sibling.

That usually ended the disagreement.

The older boy flees environmental stimulation. He couldn’t go into a school cafeteria because the cacophony of sounds would cause him to curl up in a ball. Public restrooms were a terror. I would go in and make sure they were empty, let him come in and do his business, let him exit, then I would flush the toilet for him. The sounds echoing off the tiles walls were terrifying.

The younger boy is the opposite. The more chaos and racket the better. So he tries to create that environment at home. TV blaring while the stereo and computers are running. Stir the dogs into a frenzy on top of that. And get your brother yelling, too.

That’s where a lot of the arguments started.

[cva66snipe]

Special Education doesn’t mean a child is dumb. It means they need help in some way. It might be physical or occupational therapy. I know lots of former Special Education students who are very sucessful adults including college grads. Special Education in the 60’s, 70’s, & 80’s was not a day care. But rather there were teachers who had a gift to help students most teachers in regular classrooms simply do not have. Mainstraming was a cruel HOAX.

[B4Ranch]

Just a thought. Wean him off of wheat, white flour and white sugar and all processed meats. Balogna, hot dogs, store made sausage and hamburger, etc. I will bet that you will see a difference in 10 to 14 days.