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Carla, welcome to the program. Yes, hi, Dr. Lorla. Thank you.

Hi. Thank you. What's up? The reason why I'm calling is I have a 16-year-old son and I've been struggling

with this problem with him for the last, about a year now. He's a very smart boy, very intelligent,

and he's actually in some classes in school, he is above his grade level classes.

Now, recently, for the last year, he goes through these, you know, times where sometimes he feels

motivated of doing his schoolwork, other days not as much, and chooses not to do his homework,

and obviously that affects his grades.

You know, we've had many talks with him trying to understand.

We've asked, you know, is there something that's making you unhappy that's affecting?

He says no and he asked them, well, why does this occur?

And he just says, I don't know.

And we're just, you know, we can't seem to find like a way or an answer of, you know, kind of get out of the cycle.

Okay.

What grade is he in?

11th, 12th.

He's a sophomore.

Okay.

He's a sophomore. Is. He's a sophomore.

Is he into sports?

Yes, he is, and he's very active.

Is he into music, arts at all?

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