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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 562519" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>I wish someone had told me this years ago, but... I ran into this, sometime this year, doing research (like usual...):</p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Oppositional and defiant behaviours are typically rooted in anxiety or overload.</em></p><p></p><p>You do not know WHY he is behaving that way... but the WHY is vitally important.</p><p>Once you know the reasons, you can start making changes - and for most things, interventions and accommodations come way before medications. medications are sometimes necessary (don't look in my medicine cabinet!), but should never be the first resort (in my opinion).</p><p></p><p>Have you started a daily journal? And can school keep records, too?</p><p>It would really help to know the pattern of behavior, and you don't "see" that as you go from day to day - it shows up far more if you can look back over a few weeks or months. Is Friday worse than Monday? Is "field trip" day always a disaster? What happens if there is a sub? (that one works both ways... one year, difficult child was WAY better on sub days... turned out the teacher was working against all interventions and accommodations!... but some kids can't handle the transition between teaching styles) Are mornings better than afternoons? Is problem behaviour triggered by less structured time? or by being hungry or tired?</p><p></p><p>Have you seen the parent report format? It's on the site resources, I can never find it there... I just look for a recent post by Susiestar, because she keeps the link in her signature. That will also prove useful in the long run - he is young, it pays to start documenting early.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 562519, member: 11791"] I wish someone had told me this years ago, but... I ran into this, sometime this year, doing research (like usual...): [I] Oppositional and defiant behaviours are typically rooted in anxiety or overload.[/I] You do not know WHY he is behaving that way... but the WHY is vitally important. Once you know the reasons, you can start making changes - and for most things, interventions and accommodations come way before medications. medications are sometimes necessary (don't look in my medicine cabinet!), but should never be the first resort (in my opinion). Have you started a daily journal? And can school keep records, too? It would really help to know the pattern of behavior, and you don't "see" that as you go from day to day - it shows up far more if you can look back over a few weeks or months. Is Friday worse than Monday? Is "field trip" day always a disaster? What happens if there is a sub? (that one works both ways... one year, difficult child was WAY better on sub days... turned out the teacher was working against all interventions and accommodations!... but some kids can't handle the transition between teaching styles) Are mornings better than afternoons? Is problem behaviour triggered by less structured time? or by being hungry or tired? Have you seen the parent report format? It's on the site resources, I can never find it there... I just look for a recent post by Susiestar, because she keeps the link in her signature. That will also prove useful in the long run - he is young, it pays to start documenting early. [/QUOTE]
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