I understand and don't expect people to put up with being struck, but while on the phone earlier today with the next person we were consulting, she brought up the incident as a safety concern.
Now... I kinda wanna give up. Professional child psych services here just don't seem like a good fit.
He's a clever, overly anxious, complicated kid. He's not aggressive or overly violent. But that's how he's been framed now, and so it feels like there can't be trust. 😔