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MouseDreaming

MouseDreaming

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Gabe1 said:
Goosebumps and chills this weekend, that sinking feeling in the pit of your gut as I was in JCP this weekend. You hear the announcement CODE ADAM, doors instantly guarded, employees dropping what they are doing all combing every inch of the store, under racks, in drawers, dressing rooms, restrooms. So many employees that are backstage employees with radio's. We are looking for a white, 3 year old boy in a red tshirt. I saw a man approached multiple times that was Eastern Asian that had a preschool boy approach many times, the boy had a red shirt on. I watched manager walking with the Mother who was remarkably holding it together well. She was just slightly raising her voice walking the store call the boys name. Dad upstairs doing the same. Manager talking to police dispatcher on phone, getting frustrated as if she had to explain what a CODE ADAM was at JCP She finally hung up.

It was pretty obvious 20 minutes into the hunt the boy was gone from JCP, with all the staff hunting an likely every single customer looking, I know I was keeping my eyes peeled.

About 30 minutes later I saw Customer Service had a man behind the cash register, all other registers came to a halt obviously to look for the child. I was there about 5 minutes and a manager surfaced and another cashier. She told the man he was found, safe. Security had returned him to JCP to be reunited with his parents. Anyone familar with Woodfield it is one of the largest malls in America. The boy was found near Fannie May Candy which is at the Hub, block-maybe 2 blocks away. He came back escorted with 3 Fannie May lolly pops in his hand. Amen.

I've experienced a few CODE ADAMs in my life, one in a large waterpark. I found 2 lost preschoolers myself one in Six Flags and one at Blizzard Beach, I pointed to them that we were going to talk to the Uniformed person that worked there, careful not to spook them by taking their hand just guiding them by talking to them. At JCP I saw the beauty of humans as we were contained for sometime for the welfare of a child. I watched employees go above and beyond looking for the small boy obviously as unnerved as most of us were.

A happy ending.
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Thank goodness for the happy ending.
 
Songbird76

Songbird76

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ajrwdwgirl said:
Yeah 5 years although it doesn't seem that long. I could see how Father's Day would be tough for you this year. :(
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Oh wow....5 years doesn't seem that long anyway...that's still pretty fresh. It took me somewhere around 10 years before I didn't bawl my eyes out at any story having to do with breast cancer. My mom has been gone for almost 15 years now.
 
Songbird76

Songbird76

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So we had our meeting about DS's results and advice today. He does NOT have autism, which is surprising as I thought for sure that would be the diagnosis. But, basically, his verbal IQ is really high, in the gifted range. But in application , he's below average range. So while he comes across as being very intelligent and he does have the knowledge in there, he can't apply it to real life situations. So in school, the teacher gives an assignment, or explains a concept, and he understands it completely. But then when he has to actually USE that knowledge, he gets stuck. Because he thinks he SHOULD be able to do everything easily, he panics when it doesn't work that way. He understands everything, so he expects it to be simple, and freaks out when it isn't. Same thing with his social skills...he can't apply the knowledge. Cognitively, he knows how to play soccer and wants to play with the kids at recess. But he doesn't know HOW to go about doing that. He doesn't know how to interact. And that clash is giving him anxiety. So they are going to apply to the city again for the funding to give him behavioral therapy. The good news is that it's not so severe that they can actually diagnose him as having a disorder. So he needs help, but it's something that can be learned and managed. I'm pretty relieved. I guess he got really upset during the part of the IQ test where you have to put something together without instructions or without a picture? It was hard for him and he explained to the gal that it "should be easy" and so it upset him that he couldn't do it really easily and quickly. He thought he SHOULD be able to.
 
ajrwdwgirl

ajrwdwgirl

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Songbird76 said:
So we had our meeting about DS's results and advice today. He does NOT have autism, which is surprising as I thought for sure that would be the diagnosis. But, basically, his verbal IQ is really high, in the gifted range. But in application , he's below average range. So while he comes across as being very intelligent and he does have the knowledge in there, he can't apply it to real life situations. So in school, the teacher gives an assignment, or explains a concept, and he understands it completely. But then when he has to actually USE that knowledge, he gets stuck. Because he thinks he SHOULD be able to do everything easily, he panics when it doesn't work that way. He understands everything, so he expects it to be simple, and freaks out when it isn't. Same thing with his social skills...he can't apply the knowledge. Cognitively, he knows how to play soccer and wants to play with the kids at recess. But he doesn't know HOW to go about doing that. He doesn't know how to interact. And that clash is giving him anxiety. So they are going to apply to the city again for the funding to give him behavioral therapy. The good news is that it's not so severe that they can actually diagnose him as having a disorder. So he needs help, but it's something that can be learned and managed. I'm pretty relieved. I guess he got really upset during the part of the IQ test where you have to put something together without instructions or without a picture? It was hard for him and he explained to the gal that it "should be easy" and so it upset him that he couldn't do it really easily and quickly. He thought he SHOULD be able to.
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That's good that you are relieved with the diagnosis, knowing what is going on and how it can be treated would be a relief. Hopefully he can now get the right help.
 
Gabe1

Gabe1

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ajrwdwgirl said:
Honestly a mix of many today. Ever since my mom passed away I really hate mother's day. While I do honestly wish mother's a happy day it a sad reminder to me that my mom is no longer with me. Sorry to be melancholy, I will be better tomorrow.

Nice JCP story by the way, I'm so glad that the little boy was found safe and that so many honest and caring people helped out.
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I feel for you. :(

My Dad passed right about Father's Day last year. Going to be strange this year.
 
Gabe1

Gabe1

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MySmallWorldof4 said:
Thank goodness. i guess he just wandered away.
I found a wandering little one near the fire station T MK last year. He has calling for his mom. I seemed to be the only one hearing him. Some people are just so oblivious. I called to security and luckily just a short while later the father showed up. On another trip maybe the year before, a panicked father was yelling frantically for his little boy in EPCOT showing people his picture. I kept my eyes open, but have no idea how that ended. I could not imagine losing a child.
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So much water at Epcot too. I never lost my kids. Thank goodness.
 
Gabe1

Gabe1

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donaldtoo said:
Mother's Day feast at mom and pops...!!!
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Hope all you moms out there had an awesome Mother's Day...!!!!! :joyfull: :)
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Thanks! It was an awesome day. Ended with
Uncle Julios.
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had a second one in honor of @betty rose
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