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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 436400" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>I have just been reading "Driven to Distraction", a book recommended by Insane about ADHD. It gives an interesting, and detailed persepective, on the probable brain disfunctioning that occurs in ADHD:</p><p>"... the work of G. J.Chelune in 1986...posited that hyperactivity and impulsivity are basically a form of disinhibition. According to this hypothesis, many of the symptoms of ADD arise because the brain loses its ability to put on the brakes sufficiently. This is due to disturbed inhibition in the cortex, or outer layer, of the brain. Without cortical inhibition, the brain fails to block inappropriate responses and fails to send out appropriate inhibitory messages."</p><p>This would explain very well why that "inhibitory" function is not present in terms of language. You are quite right, Keista - all the other kids know all this language, which is of course where J learnt it, but they never use it to or even in front of adult, which perhaps props up the latter's illusions - unlike J, who just doesn't seem to realise or understand the inappropriateness when he uses it. Yes, 3S, he said "Ferme!", which is the current slangy abbreviation and of course the kids are just kids - doing things behind their parents' backs that the parents jump down on them for. </p><p>We went to see another speech therapist yesterday. She was much more relaxed, confident and knowledgeable (about kids like J) than the first one. She made some perceptive comments - immediately remarked on his lack of "inhibition" towards adults, that he sees adults and children as being on the same level, and wondered whether it was related to anxiety. She also talked about his need to have "presence", to dominate... so far so good in a way but she is "only" a speech therapist. She said he has no speech delays or problems but would still see if she could work with him... I am not quite sure what she would do but in the lack of any other good input at the moment, I'm very happy to go with this. Her remarks and approach made me feel we should be seeing a good therapist but there just aren't any that I know of here in the local town... would have to go to the city for that, an hour's journey away. </p><p>I am open to drugs, sorry medications, whatever I've said. I have to be.... but there again I feel limited by what might be available here. Ritalin is the only drug that seems to be used for ADHD - can that be right, I have to find out. And stimulants will not, I think, work for J - coffee has no effect on him. And the medications in any case would not be for a couple of years. In the meantime, I would love people to understand that J's uninhibited behaviour is NOT because he is a bad lot or I am a bad parent...</p><p></p><p>As for the "sarcasm", Keista, it goes along with being English! British humour... and actually J is very quick to pick up such verbal clues and does understand and "get" irony. Which all just goes to show how each child is such an individual territory, I suppose.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 436400, member: 11227"] I have just been reading "Driven to Distraction", a book recommended by Insane about ADHD. It gives an interesting, and detailed persepective, on the probable brain disfunctioning that occurs in ADHD: "... the work of G. J.Chelune in 1986...posited that hyperactivity and impulsivity are basically a form of disinhibition. According to this hypothesis, many of the symptoms of ADD arise because the brain loses its ability to put on the brakes sufficiently. This is due to disturbed inhibition in the cortex, or outer layer, of the brain. Without cortical inhibition, the brain fails to block inappropriate responses and fails to send out appropriate inhibitory messages." This would explain very well why that "inhibitory" function is not present in terms of language. You are quite right, Keista - all the other kids know all this language, which is of course where J learnt it, but they never use it to or even in front of adult, which perhaps props up the latter's illusions - unlike J, who just doesn't seem to realise or understand the inappropriateness when he uses it. Yes, 3S, he said "Ferme!", which is the current slangy abbreviation and of course the kids are just kids - doing things behind their parents' backs that the parents jump down on them for. We went to see another speech therapist yesterday. She was much more relaxed, confident and knowledgeable (about kids like J) than the first one. She made some perceptive comments - immediately remarked on his lack of "inhibition" towards adults, that he sees adults and children as being on the same level, and wondered whether it was related to anxiety. She also talked about his need to have "presence", to dominate... so far so good in a way but she is "only" a speech therapist. She said he has no speech delays or problems but would still see if she could work with him... I am not quite sure what she would do but in the lack of any other good input at the moment, I'm very happy to go with this. Her remarks and approach made me feel we should be seeing a good therapist but there just aren't any that I know of here in the local town... would have to go to the city for that, an hour's journey away. I am open to drugs, sorry medications, whatever I've said. I have to be.... but there again I feel limited by what might be available here. Ritalin is the only drug that seems to be used for ADHD - can that be right, I have to find out. And stimulants will not, I think, work for J - coffee has no effect on him. And the medications in any case would not be for a couple of years. In the meantime, I would love people to understand that J's uninhibited behaviour is NOT because he is a bad lot or I am a bad parent... As for the "sarcasm", Keista, it goes along with being English! British humour... and actually J is very quick to pick up such verbal clues and does understand and "get" irony. Which all just goes to show how each child is such an individual territory, I suppose. [/QUOTE]
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