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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 466497" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Hi, vagabonddreamer...Saw your post over on Early Childhood... then noticed this one.Welcome. You've come to a safe place.Could you tell us a little more about the situation?So often, behavior is "because" of something else, usually things we haven't figured out yet, sometimes things we know but that are hard to deal with.Has he ever had a comprehensive evaluation?Ever been seen an Occupational Therapist (OT) or a Speech Language Pathologist (SLP)?Sounds like you're a single parent - any other kids? Family history - issues and challenges on either side of the family?Is he on any medications?I'm just another parent, but your posts reveal a some of interesting things...1) the bus and after-care are far bigger problems than school itself; this could be caused by numerous things... noisy environments (classrooms are better than that MOST of the time...), transition points (to school, from school), possibly sensory (bumped/jostled on the bus), possibly social (dealing with the other kids at after-care), maybe bullying..... 2) the transition into school is a HUGE deal to begin with. Many kids hold it together for school - and are a basket case or worse, for the entire rest of the day. Anxiety can drain the "logic" out of a kid... so, from the time he gets up, he's dreading the process of getting to school? and not looking forward to the effort it takes to hold it all together? and then... having spent every last drop of energy trying to hold it together at school... its just too much to try to hold it together at the after-care program?There can be all sorts of reasons for things like this... anywhere from Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) to sensory or auditory issues to learning disabilities to motor skills challenges ... etc.!!!If a comprehensive evaluation has not been done (from the way you write, I would assume this is not done), it should probably be at the top of your list. It is really hard to choose the correct interventions if you don't know WHY the behavior is happening... for example, sensory/auditory issues need different treatment than anxiety which is different from Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) symptoms... WHY. That is the first question that has to be answered.THEN you can start getting help with "what to do about it".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 466497, member: 11791"] Hi, vagabonddreamer...Saw your post over on Early Childhood... then noticed this one.Welcome. You've come to a safe place.Could you tell us a little more about the situation?So often, behavior is "because" of something else, usually things we haven't figured out yet, sometimes things we know but that are hard to deal with.Has he ever had a comprehensive evaluation?Ever been seen an Occupational Therapist (OT) or a Speech Language Pathologist (SLP)?Sounds like you're a single parent - any other kids? Family history - issues and challenges on either side of the family?Is he on any medications?I'm just another parent, but your posts reveal a some of interesting things...1) the bus and after-care are far bigger problems than school itself; this could be caused by numerous things... noisy environments (classrooms are better than that MOST of the time...), transition points (to school, from school), possibly sensory (bumped/jostled on the bus), possibly social (dealing with the other kids at after-care), maybe bullying..... 2) the transition into school is a HUGE deal to begin with. Many kids hold it together for school - and are a basket case or worse, for the entire rest of the day. Anxiety can drain the "logic" out of a kid... so, from the time he gets up, he's dreading the process of getting to school? and not looking forward to the effort it takes to hold it all together? and then... having spent every last drop of energy trying to hold it together at school... its just too much to try to hold it together at the after-care program?There can be all sorts of reasons for things like this... anywhere from Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) to sensory or auditory issues to learning disabilities to motor skills challenges ... etc.!!!If a comprehensive evaluation has not been done (from the way you write, I would assume this is not done), it should probably be at the top of your list. It is really hard to choose the correct interventions if you don't know WHY the behavior is happening... for example, sensory/auditory issues need different treatment than anxiety which is different from Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) symptoms... WHY. That is the first question that has to be answered.THEN you can start getting help with "what to do about it". [/QUOTE]
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