Ben starts Kindergarten on August 23. He will be going from 9am until noon Monday through Friday. He will have a new teacher, a new special ed teacher, a new one-on-one aid, new therapists and a new classroom. Lots of changes for him and he doesn't usually do well with change. To say I am nervous is an understatement. I'm very thankful to have him start the year with the same two home care nurses and the same interpreter though (his one nurse is expecting and will only be working until December).
We have also been meeting with a Child Psychologist at Children's Hospital to develop a behavior plan to break the Self Injuring Behavior "SIB" Ben has been doing (head hitting on the floor, head hitting with his fist, biting and trach pulling). We have a plan in place that we started about a week ago. This is part of the reason I am so nervous about school. We have been warned that the behavior may get worse before getting better and we have had five trach emergencies in three days - four of which were Ben pulling it out, the other was a bad mucus plug. Hoping this is the worst of it and it will settle down from here.
We have also been meeting with a Child Psychologist at Children's Hospital to develop a behavior plan to break the Self Injuring Behavior "SIB" Ben has been doing (head hitting on the floor, head hitting with his fist, biting and trach pulling). We have a plan in place that we started about a week ago. This is part of the reason I am so nervous about school. We have been warned that the behavior may get worse before getting better and we have had five trach emergencies in three days - four of which were Ben pulling it out, the other was a bad mucus plug. Hoping this is the worst of it and it will settle down from here.
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Sounds like a lot of changes for sure. I hope Ben copes with them well, and he is lucky to have you watching out for his best interests always.
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