I work in Boston too. And love the west coast! Thank you for all of the advice. This was a whole new world to me. His school was very supportive, thankfully. They have "504" plans that are basically a list of accomodations for students with temporary disabilities. My son did have one in place that we are lifting. They included things such as allowing him to go to nurse's office to lay down or get some advil, extra time on tests, prewritten notes, etc. Someone paved the way for us there.

His stresses lately only seem to be when he thinks of soccer. It was such a big part of his life. So, he gets a little worked up about seeing his coach or teammates. I think he misses them all terribly and feels as though maybe they are going to pressure him, but they have been great lately about not doing that. He is letting his guard down there, so that worry is fading.

He seems to have gotten over the noisy/busy situations bothering him. Those were some of the things that bothered him a lot especially over the summer. I keep looking for signs of them still being there, but I haven't seen him looking stressed in those situations. He has even gone to school dances and they have not bothered him. cHe really doesn't seem to have any symptoms right now and keeps telling me he is all better lol... so I am being cautiously optimistic!

Again, I really attrribute all of his recovery to the treatment he received from Dr. Carlson. So very thankful to have found her and her office. I videotaped a lot of his therapy, so maybe I will get him to let me share those sometime.