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<blockquote data-quote="SRL" data-source="post: 252645" data-attributes="member: 701"><p>Hi ch574 and welcome. Sorry you had to find us but I'm glad that you stumbled upon the site. </p><p> </p><p>By all means go with the yoga poses and cocktails (for you, not him) and I'll give you my thoughts on what I'd do if I were on your yoga mat. Take it with a grain of salt, however, as I'm only a parent and not a diagnostician. </p><p> </p><p>I'd want two things a) to make sure that the diagnosis was correct and not missing anything and b) to have any necessary therapies in place. At age 4 we really recommend seeing a developmental pediatrician or pediatric neuropsychologist but since you've already covered the major medical aspects with the neurologist I'd suggest looking for the neuropsychologist. These are psychologists who have extra training in diagnostics and they will spend time both with parent interview and in testing the child. Using the results, the neuropsychologist would refer you on to other specialty areas, if indicated. Typically it's much more thorough than you'll get elsewhere. </p><p> </p><p>Since you're still at ground zero after seeing all of those specialists, you might check this book out. I only had time to peek through it at the bookstore--haven't had time to give it a thorough read yet.</p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/What-Your-Explosive-Child-Trying/dp/0618700811/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1236676393&sr=8-2" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/What-Your-Explosive-Child-Trying/dp/0618700811/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1236676393&sr=8-2</a></p><p> </p><p>It also might be worth having the school district do an evaluation. You'd have a lot of sets of eyes and different opinions that way plus the advantage is they have contact with a lot of parents and hear what specialists in the community are really helpful. The evaluation is free and they may or may not offer services based on the results. Services can mean something as minimal as once a week speech therapy (for example) or early intervention childhood, all at no cost. </p><p> </p><p>I didn't do the play therapy, behavioral specialist, etc route because frankly I found I got a lot more help from other parents who were in my shoes than with specialists who spent 30 minutes with us here and there. I know there are parents here who have had good results going that route but usually when <em>the person is really, really good.</em> And of course, the results are best when you have a thorough handle on what's going on inside that little brain. If you can find other parents in your area who are dealing with behavioral issues and find out who they're having good luck with, that usually is your best resource.</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>If I could help you there, I'd quit my day job and go on tour. I'm sorry, but most of us hope for a sprint when it's really a marathon. Have you tried implementing The Explosive Child at all and if so, what were the results? Did the specialists give you any practical advice at all such as utilizing a gel ball for a child that is ADHD to help channel that physical energy for times when they must be still?</p><p> </p><p>Also, the questions we ask most parents:</p><p>What's the family mental health history like?</p><p>What's his speech like?</p><p>Does he sleep well?</p><p>Besides the explosive and hyperactive behavior, is there anything else that stands out behaviorwise?</p><p>Anything unusual in his development?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRL, post: 252645, member: 701"] Hi ch574 and welcome. Sorry you had to find us but I'm glad that you stumbled upon the site. By all means go with the yoga poses and cocktails (for you, not him) and I'll give you my thoughts on what I'd do if I were on your yoga mat. Take it with a grain of salt, however, as I'm only a parent and not a diagnostician. I'd want two things a) to make sure that the diagnosis was correct and not missing anything and b) to have any necessary therapies in place. At age 4 we really recommend seeing a developmental pediatrician or pediatric neuropsychologist but since you've already covered the major medical aspects with the neurologist I'd suggest looking for the neuropsychologist. These are psychologists who have extra training in diagnostics and they will spend time both with parent interview and in testing the child. Using the results, the neuropsychologist would refer you on to other specialty areas, if indicated. Typically it's much more thorough than you'll get elsewhere. Since you're still at ground zero after seeing all of those specialists, you might check this book out. I only had time to peek through it at the bookstore--haven't had time to give it a thorough read yet. [URL]http://www.amazon.com/What-Your-Explosive-Child-Trying/dp/0618700811/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1236676393&sr=8-2[/URL] It also might be worth having the school district do an evaluation. You'd have a lot of sets of eyes and different opinions that way plus the advantage is they have contact with a lot of parents and hear what specialists in the community are really helpful. The evaluation is free and they may or may not offer services based on the results. Services can mean something as minimal as once a week speech therapy (for example) or early intervention childhood, all at no cost. I didn't do the play therapy, behavioral specialist, etc route because frankly I found I got a lot more help from other parents who were in my shoes than with specialists who spent 30 minutes with us here and there. I know there are parents here who have had good results going that route but usually when [I]the person is really, really good.[/I] And of course, the results are best when you have a thorough handle on what's going on inside that little brain. If you can find other parents in your area who are dealing with behavioral issues and find out who they're having good luck with, that usually is your best resource. If I could help you there, I'd quit my day job and go on tour. I'm sorry, but most of us hope for a sprint when it's really a marathon. Have you tried implementing The Explosive Child at all and if so, what were the results? Did the specialists give you any practical advice at all such as utilizing a gel ball for a child that is ADHD to help channel that physical energy for times when they must be still? Also, the questions we ask most parents: What's the family mental health history like? What's his speech like? Does he sleep well? Besides the explosive and hyperactive behavior, is there anything else that stands out behaviorwise? Anything unusual in his development? [/QUOTE]
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