Dr. Hahn decided that we should try giving Ryan his medicine, Focalin, twice a day. Dawn went into school on Tuesday to go over with the nurse the best way to give him his medicine. It is tricky since he cannot swallow a pill and we usually give it to him with a spoon full of peanut butter. Since that system works, the nurse agreed to keep plastic spoons and a jar of peanut butter in her office for Ryan. He comes down around noon each day and takes a second does of his medicine. So far his behavior has been good both at school and home but we are still having a difficult time with him and his work. There has also been some changes in his sleep since starting to take the second dose. Ryan would go to bed at 8 and be asleep within 15 minutes. This week there were nights where he was up in his bed talking to himself past 9 and 10 pm.
This past Wednesday it was Grandparents/Senior breakfast at the kids' school. Grandma Jeanne and our neighbor, Carol, took the kids and they all had a good time. Grandma remembered from last year that Ryan got upset because he did not win any of the prizes. So she and Carol prepped him on the ride there reminding him that not everyone wins something and they are there to have a good time. He did not win anything this year but he seemed okay with not winning.
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Today we had a behavior analyst come to the house to do an initial intake on Ryan. This is someone that teaches with a friend of Dawn's and she has a business on the side. We are going to start with a Functional Behavior Assessment over the next couple of weeks and see where the data takes us. She spent an hour today asking both Dawn and I questions about Ryan and what we thought of the school's program and what we hope for Ryan. It was a good initial meeting and in the coming weeks we hope she can give us some strategies to help us with Ryan. We had a difficult school year with him this year and we don't want a repeat of this when Ryan enters second grade.
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