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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 305572" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Most of our kids are "instant gratification" kids and don't do well with reward charts of any of those "typical" behavioral methods. Maybe your son will be different, but I'm not liking the method. I also think it's too much and too muddled. Behavioral mod works better on dogs than kids!!! I think most of us have had to learn a different way of parenting our "differently wired" children. There is a spiraling up/down affect with stimulants. My son took them...I never cared for their affect on him. For him, they made him mean and aggressive.</p><p></p><p>I don't know what an ADHD child can or can't control but I'm thinking that probably more is going on than ADHD. Lots of disorders cause poor impulse control. Was your child exposed to drugs or drinking in utero? Has he been thoroughly evaluated? Has he ever seen a neuropsychologist? Adopted kids are more complicated to diagnose and maybe this therapist is not taking his early background into account, or maybe he doesn't know how to do it. My adopted son was drug/alcohol exposed in utero. He was harder to figure out than if these factors hadn't been part of the equation.</p><p></p><p>Your son had the same issues mine did. I am wondering if he is actually on the high end of the autism spectrum in which case reward charts and medications won't work...he'd need interventions. My son was first diagnosed with ADHD/ODD, but we knew it was more. The drug exposure made him more vulnerable to Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).</p><p></p><p>Have you ever read "The Explosive Child?" </p><p></p><p>Good luck!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 305572, member: 1550"] Most of our kids are "instant gratification" kids and don't do well with reward charts of any of those "typical" behavioral methods. Maybe your son will be different, but I'm not liking the method. I also think it's too much and too muddled. Behavioral mod works better on dogs than kids!!! I think most of us have had to learn a different way of parenting our "differently wired" children. There is a spiraling up/down affect with stimulants. My son took them...I never cared for their affect on him. For him, they made him mean and aggressive. I don't know what an ADHD child can or can't control but I'm thinking that probably more is going on than ADHD. Lots of disorders cause poor impulse control. Was your child exposed to drugs or drinking in utero? Has he been thoroughly evaluated? Has he ever seen a neuropsychologist? Adopted kids are more complicated to diagnose and maybe this therapist is not taking his early background into account, or maybe he doesn't know how to do it. My adopted son was drug/alcohol exposed in utero. He was harder to figure out than if these factors hadn't been part of the equation. Your son had the same issues mine did. I am wondering if he is actually on the high end of the autism spectrum in which case reward charts and medications won't work...he'd need interventions. My son was first diagnosed with ADHD/ODD, but we knew it was more. The drug exposure made him more vulnerable to Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Have you ever read "The Explosive Child?" Good luck!!! [/QUOTE]
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