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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 217990" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>Thank you for being so complimentary!! It is difficult to find a therapist to do cognitive therapy on a child- some will say it can't be done. The younger the child, the more difficult it is. But, I thinkk it probably can be inter-mixed with play therapy or something if the child is too young to understand all their own feelings and articulate their feelings. The bigger problem for me was learning to call and talk with tdocs before sending difficult child to them and asking them point blank if they did cognitive therapy on a kid this age, then making sure that I saw signs that they were following through with it. And, of course, since by son has been in legal trouble, I definitely needed something in writing from a more qualified professional stating that this is what difficult child needed- not behavioral modification. </p><p></p><p>If they think changing the consequences and rewards is going to "cure" the child, then why are they saying the child is bipolar or some other diagnosis that needs medications? If my parenting caused the problem or can fix the problem, then let's take the kid off medications and I'll change. Those are the kinds of thoughts that ran through my mind until I saw the psychiatrist that spilled all this out.</p><p></p><p>Again, that doesn't mean this is the best answer or will work for all situations. It just came about for us after many trials of the typical stuff not being effective, and makiing difficult child worse. Then, maybe I could relate a little better because I went through therapy myself as a young adult, so when psychiatrist said all those things, it really hit home and added up in my mind. Now that I have gotten the school on board- actually, they started by just trying that approach a little and then they saw it was effective and difficult child was doing better, there is a domino effect regarding difficult child's behavior at school and his relationshaips with teachers, admin staff, etc. (At least so far this year- the true test will be to see how this holds up when tested by spring-time mania LOL!)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 217990, member: 3699"] Thank you for being so complimentary!! It is difficult to find a therapist to do cognitive therapy on a child- some will say it can't be done. The younger the child, the more difficult it is. But, I thinkk it probably can be inter-mixed with play therapy or something if the child is too young to understand all their own feelings and articulate their feelings. The bigger problem for me was learning to call and talk with tdocs before sending difficult child to them and asking them point blank if they did cognitive therapy on a kid this age, then making sure that I saw signs that they were following through with it. And, of course, since by son has been in legal trouble, I definitely needed something in writing from a more qualified professional stating that this is what difficult child needed- not behavioral modification. If they think changing the consequences and rewards is going to "cure" the child, then why are they saying the child is bipolar or some other diagnosis that needs medications? If my parenting caused the problem or can fix the problem, then let's take the kid off medications and I'll change. Those are the kinds of thoughts that ran through my mind until I saw the psychiatrist that spilled all this out. Again, that doesn't mean this is the best answer or will work for all situations. It just came about for us after many trials of the typical stuff not being effective, and makiing difficult child worse. Then, maybe I could relate a little better because I went through therapy myself as a young adult, so when psychiatrist said all those things, it really hit home and added up in my mind. Now that I have gotten the school on board- actually, they started by just trying that approach a little and then they saw it was effective and difficult child was doing better, there is a domino effect regarding difficult child's behavior at school and his relationshaips with teachers, admin staff, etc. (At least so far this year- the true test will be to see how this holds up when tested by spring-time mania LOL!) [/QUOTE]
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