3 Boys and a Mom - Diary of a Tagteam

Soooo how many of you have a difficult child??? Go ahead raise your hands... Go on, we aren't gonna tell!! Cause you know I KNOW you all have a child that works your last nerve - it's just how things are.... BUT there are some of us that have children that while we love them dearly they leave us in a heap of tears regularly.... and I don't mean a joyous heap of tears... Today was one of those days... Deven is/can be the apple of my eye... He's a smart, witty, energetic child... He can also be sullen, dark, moody and loud.... Today was DEFINATELY one of those days.... But WHY??? Why suddenly is my dear little man telling me he HATES school and doesn't want to go??? I KNOW the notes from the teacher are getting progressively negative but he hasn't really resisted going to school... Today I actually had to drag him out of the van, then chase him around the grass a bit... Got him in the office, signed him in and he hides under a table crying.... The principal finally gets him to go to his room w/the aid and I talked to the principal.... Is the teacher (special ed) trained for emotional/behavulor issues??? There is something wrong that he doesn't want to go to school and tells me he HATES it... The principal said he would talk to her and see if they couldn't find a different way to handle things... I got in my van and sobbed... Why is life so hard for Deven?? I called his case worker and repeated all the same I had discussed w/principal and we are going to meet w/the teacher on Tuesday afternoon...

There is so much more in my head on this subject but I am just totally spent by it all... If anyone has any suggestions to give the teacher to help her deal w/my baby please let me know.... If I could afford it I would buy her "The Bipolar Child" as it is a great book to help deal w/children like Deven even if only to understand them... But I don't even own a copy yet... *sigh* That's about it... I do have lots of other stuff to post about but I just don't have the energy right now... Perhaps later... Til next time....