Well... we are about to have a quirky kid meet up tomorrow at my house!! If anyone else with one of our super kids is in Sydney, you are more than welcome, we will be meeting up at my house from 11am so PM me & I'll give you details in the morning

Us... well we have a friend who is 11 and spends every Wed after school at our house. She has issues. Her mum is over it, over being yelled at constantly and having a child who is explosive. She said she wanted to rehome her daughter but her ex husband wouldn't agree to it, he thinks there is nothing wrong with T. I adore T. Yes, she is definately quirky. Yes, she has issues, but I love her. I have her a few days a week during school holidays, I have her one arvo a week after school and I have volunteered a bedroom for her if her mum needs a break.

Anyway, I suggested to her mum that she go to our OT because she was over the explosions. I said, if anything the OT can help T learn how to physically calm herself down. but her mum is really on the edge. I love T and I hate to see this happen to them. Anyway, she went to our OT and phoned me afterwards. She said "OMG... I walked in and she knew T. She knew all about the way T works. I don't understand, I read about SPD and it doesn't make sense, she's not like that but I don't know." I explained that T has learned coping mechanisms in her world, and when she gets home she explodes with mum because mum is the one consistent thing for her, the one with unconditional love so T can relax herself.

Tonight I took T through some OT stuff... we talked about exercises that would help her. She said she didn't want to scream at her mum, and her mum cried. Their next appt with our OT isn't until next November, so I showed some exercises that the OT asked I show to them. T promised me she would do it. So we shall see. I told her the next time she came over I would check and see if she had, because she has 0 core strength and I would know.... I feel a bit over my head doing this for someone else, as I am NOT an OT, but I did as the OT asked me to do, exactly what she asked me to do (she sent me a letter). So hopefully we will see a corner turn for T. She is supposed to go to high school next year, but I can't see how she can do that. She's one of those who would turn to drugs etc because she just doesn't feel right within herself, ykwim? I just don't want to see that....

Anyway... M had a tough day today, we had a play date prior to T coming over, and that always sets M off.