Johnathon adjusted quite well. It was evident on the first day of school, just how amazing his teacher would be. He had a meltdown in the lunchroom because the rules were not explained to him. He wanted to sit down to eat and a teacher got on him for sitting and told him he had to stand. He was not happy with this and had a meltdown. His teacher assured me that she immediately asked the lunch room supervisor if they had explained the rules, they hadn't. His teacher explained to them that they had to go over the rules before as to not throw curve balls at him. He can't deal with that.
I started getting into my research mode again. I started thinking back to things about Johnathon, his oddness, his capability to make friend but not keep them, his meltdowns, his fear of loud noises, his aversions to textures (mainly those of fruits and vegetables), talking back and failure to realize what he is doing, how smart he is and how, when things got overwhelming, he went into rages or crawled under desks to try and cope. I knew there was something more than just ADHD and with the help of professional he received a diagnosis of Aspergers. It fit and it explained things right down to him having a meltdown at the thought of breaking a school rule.
Johnathon's diet has been tough but working well. We still play around with the supplements to find one to help him not talk so much as it continues to be a constant distraction. Johnathon's current intake includes, fish oil, attentive child, ginkgo biloba, vit b complex, multi-vitamin and the children's Allegra for allergies. He is still taking melatonin most nights but is slowly learning to relax enough on his own not to need it. This has been a steady for this entire school year.
His teacher works so hard to help him adjust in class. She spent a lot of time working with him one on one and plays a major roll in how well he is functioning now.
Johnathon's meltdowns are virtually no more unless he breaks his diet then we pay dearly for about 1-2 weeks. He is doing so much better in school. He made the A/B honor roll and has maintained friendships at school. He still has moments but overall he is functioning very very well. His grades dipped a little this semester as we had a lot of changes at home but overall he has exceeded where he was a year ago.
Johnathon gets frustrated with the diet. It is hard for him b/c he can't enjoy Papa John's pizza with us. I work hard to assure he has safe alternatives and special things just for him and he is starting to accept it better.
The end of school is in 2 days. Johnathon will be going to a new school and 4th grade next year. Today I took cookies and cupcakes to the teachers and school staff to thank them for everything. All I heard was how they will miss him and how sweet and loving he is. One even gave me her email so I can keep in touch. She has also set up contacts with the staff at his new school to ensure he never goes through what he went through in Germany.
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