A year ago, we enrolled Jackson in a full-time preschool as we knew he needed a lot of structure, routine and more intense education than some of his peers where we lived. Initially, the teachers would tell us that he was such a good little boy. And, as you can imagine - we were THRILLED! Then, a few months passed and we were now hearing things like - "We're concerned about your son." When I asked what that meant - they threw out words like: autism, reactive attachment disorder, sociopath, ADD or ADHD. I was stunned - and speechless! They would describe this very, very angry little boy...which was the opposite of who we saw 90% of the time at home. (Don't get me wrong, he has his days!)
Some of the behaviors they referenced seeing were: head banging, full body temper tantrums, swearing, hitting himself, short attention span, kicking chairs, and not following directions. In addition, he had no desire to sit still in the circle nor did he have any interest in learning how to write. He could recognize his name and was beginning to recognize the alphabet, but he still had no interest in writing letters or coloring (besides all out scribbling). The teachers would report that the only thing that seemed to calm him down was removing him from the room and placing him with the 2 year olds and a book.
So, after only 6 months, we decided to remove him from this setting as it was only reinforcing negative behavior. We placed him in a new in-home daycare, where he again began to thrive.
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