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6 Year old now in mental hospital. Need advice.
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<blockquote data-quote="TeDo" data-source="post: 511222"><p>Ombience. First off, take a very deep breath and let it out slowly. She is only 6 so there is HOPE. You have time on your side and great interventions to help if we can get you on the right road. Welcome to the most caring and supportive place there is. You are NOT alone.</p><p></p><p>I think the Autism diagnosis might be right. It sounds like she has STRONG obsessive thoughts and she is also sensory-seeking. This is just my opinion but let me explain my thinking. Kids with autism are driven by the thoughts that seem to just *pop* into their heads. The HAVE to follow through with their thoughts or they become EXTREMELY anxious. They can literally be driven by these thoughts and compulsions. Some kids are easier to redirect than others and some thoughts are easier to redirect than others. It sounds like yours is one that might take more effort on your part. There are some medications that help with obsessions and with the anxiety put it is a **** shoot. Finding the right one(s) to help her will take some trial and error. There are also medications that will actually make things worse. For my son, that is Risperdal and Prozac. Others have had great success with these. Everyone is different in how they react to medications.</p><p></p><p>With the tearing and picking, that sounds like an obseesive thought but it could also be sensory. The teeth issue sounds a lot like "the tooth fairy gives money for teeth so I NEED to get my teeth out to get money" and the first one just fed the thought, especially if that one came out fairly easy.</p><p></p><p>Kids with autism think VERY differently than most people. What sounds logical to us can sometimes make no sense at all to them and conversely, what makes total sense to them makes absolutely no sense to us. Their brains are wired differently. Once I was able to figure out how difficult child 1 thought, things started getting a little easier because I learned how to approach various situations because I can *see* how he might interpret things.</p><p></p><p>My advice, and that's all it is, is to get the professionals to address the obsessive thinking and the anxiety it causes. I would also HIGHLY suggest you look into getting a THOROUGH occupational therapy evaluation to look at sensory issues. I think those would be great places to start.</p><p></p><p>Welcome to our little corner of the world but, like the others have said, so sorry you are in a place where you NEEDED to find us. I understand how frustrating and scary it is to watch your child go through these things and know you can't FIX them. For now take care of yourself and start reading more about autism, sensory issues, and find an Occupational Therapist (OT) that works with young kids. As for the school, immediately put a request in writing that she "be evaluated for special education services including but not limited to academic, psychological, behavioral, Occupational Therapist (OT) and speech evaluations". Send it to the Director of Special Education as well as the principal of her school Certified Mail with RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED. This will get them moving on evaluating her in all areas and get services and accomodations going for her at school. It will also help limit the *trouble* she may get into at school in the coming years. It provides certain protections.</p><p></p><p>{{{{(((HUGS)))}}}} to you all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TeDo, post: 511222"] Ombience. First off, take a very deep breath and let it out slowly. She is only 6 so there is HOPE. You have time on your side and great interventions to help if we can get you on the right road. Welcome to the most caring and supportive place there is. You are NOT alone. I think the Autism diagnosis might be right. It sounds like she has STRONG obsessive thoughts and she is also sensory-seeking. This is just my opinion but let me explain my thinking. Kids with autism are driven by the thoughts that seem to just *pop* into their heads. The HAVE to follow through with their thoughts or they become EXTREMELY anxious. They can literally be driven by these thoughts and compulsions. Some kids are easier to redirect than others and some thoughts are easier to redirect than others. It sounds like yours is one that might take more effort on your part. There are some medications that help with obsessions and with the anxiety put it is a **** shoot. Finding the right one(s) to help her will take some trial and error. There are also medications that will actually make things worse. For my son, that is Risperdal and Prozac. Others have had great success with these. Everyone is different in how they react to medications. With the tearing and picking, that sounds like an obseesive thought but it could also be sensory. The teeth issue sounds a lot like "the tooth fairy gives money for teeth so I NEED to get my teeth out to get money" and the first one just fed the thought, especially if that one came out fairly easy. Kids with autism think VERY differently than most people. What sounds logical to us can sometimes make no sense at all to them and conversely, what makes total sense to them makes absolutely no sense to us. Their brains are wired differently. Once I was able to figure out how difficult child 1 thought, things started getting a little easier because I learned how to approach various situations because I can *see* how he might interpret things. My advice, and that's all it is, is to get the professionals to address the obsessive thinking and the anxiety it causes. I would also HIGHLY suggest you look into getting a THOROUGH occupational therapy evaluation to look at sensory issues. I think those would be great places to start. Welcome to our little corner of the world but, like the others have said, so sorry you are in a place where you NEEDED to find us. I understand how frustrating and scary it is to watch your child go through these things and know you can't FIX them. For now take care of yourself and start reading more about autism, sensory issues, and find an Occupational Therapist (OT) that works with young kids. As for the school, immediately put a request in writing that she "be evaluated for special education services including but not limited to academic, psychological, behavioral, Occupational Therapist (OT) and speech evaluations". Send it to the Director of Special Education as well as the principal of her school Certified Mail with RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED. This will get them moving on evaluating her in all areas and get services and accomodations going for her at school. It will also help limit the *trouble* she may get into at school in the coming years. It provides certain protections. {{{{(((HUGS)))}}}} to you all. [/QUOTE]
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