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Help! I don't think I will get through summer with 10 year with ODD/ADD
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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 599991" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Ummm... have you ever read The Explosive Child?</p><p>It changed some of my assumptions.</p><p>Instead of assuming that she <em>intends</em> to misbehave, and <em>intends</em> to drive you crazy... what happens if you assume that she's in overload mode and can't handle the combination of events?</p><p>My two are mid-teens now, and things are better. But... even 5 years ago, having to "hang out" in a strange place (dentist office) for that long would be enough to trigger a meltdown - guaranteed. We never EVER went anywhere else after a major new situation. We planned our lives differently.</p><p>Pack a lunch and go to the park to eat, if it's something she would enjoy as an unwind.</p><p>Or go home and get something familiar.</p><p>Bring "healthy snack" stuff along - then, it doesn't matter if she can't order "lunch".</p><p> </p><p>Anxiety is just one possibility.</p><p>Overload due to mental fatigue from various sources can be another - Auditory Processing Disorders (APD), Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), sensory, etc. - is another common one. </p><p>Accumulated fatigue is another - how well does she sleep? not just how many hours, but what quality?</p><p>(we dealt with all of the above... at the same time)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 599991, member: 11791"] Ummm... have you ever read The Explosive Child? It changed some of my assumptions. Instead of assuming that she [I]intends[/I] to misbehave, and [I]intends[/I] to drive you crazy... what happens if you assume that she's in overload mode and can't handle the combination of events? My two are mid-teens now, and things are better. But... even 5 years ago, having to "hang out" in a strange place (dentist office) for that long would be enough to trigger a meltdown - guaranteed. We never EVER went anywhere else after a major new situation. We planned our lives differently. Pack a lunch and go to the park to eat, if it's something she would enjoy as an unwind. Or go home and get something familiar. Bring "healthy snack" stuff along - then, it doesn't matter if she can't order "lunch". Anxiety is just one possibility. Overload due to mental fatigue from various sources can be another - Auditory Processing Disorders (APD), Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), sensory, etc. - is another common one. Accumulated fatigue is another - how well does she sleep? not just how many hours, but what quality? (we dealt with all of the above... at the same time) [/QUOTE]
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