All about Jacob

Jacob has always been a quirky kid. I have always known this. I can list all of the things he does but that would take forever. So, let's just start with the most recent events. Last month me was asked to leave school. He was in K-4 at Covenant Christian. He was there last year also for K-3 and for the most part did very well. When they asked him to leave his teacher suggested we have him screened by the school board to see if there were ant developmental delays. Well there were none, but they did however, determine that he was "emotionally handicapped and needed further screening". This would have taken an eternity to get done through the school board so we took things into our own hands.
I started by calling hid doctor and telling him what had happened in school. I explained to him that Jacob had been asked to leave school because he was hitting himself and becoming very frustrated. This was no new new to the doctor. We have been going through this with him almost all of Jacob's life. We tried to change his diet and it just wasn't working. His doctor said it would be a good idea to start him on ADHD medication. He prescribed Focalin Xr and he has been on it for two months. So far it has worked wonders. Jacob is a whole new child!
His doctor asked that he be seen by a psychiatrist so he could be supervised by them while on the Focalin.
We made an appointment with Dr. Decker and we saw him for the first time yesterday. Jacob really liked him and so do I. He wants to rule out autism first because he seems to have a few traits of Asburger's Syndrome. He sent me home with a stack of evaluation forms for me and my aunt (she is homeschooling him) to fill out. We will see him again next week to have an I.Q test and further evaluation. We seem to be on the right track so we will see how things go.
That's where we are now with that. more to come as we discover more.