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<blockquote data-quote="flutterbee" data-source="post: 57271"><p>Tressa,</p><p></p><p>Welcome to the site. I'm glad you found us.</p><p></p><p>First of all - and most importantly - you are not a failure as a parent. If you were you wouldn't be trying to help your child. Plain and simple. You are, however, raising a challenging child and that can make one feel like a failure. I know I have. I've also spent a lot of time doing the "if only"'s and it's really just wasted energy. The bottom line is our kids are who they are and we have to learn how to parent them.</p><p></p><p>Traditional parenting techniques aren't especially effective with our kiddos and we have to learn to think outside the box. "The Explosive Child" by Ross Greene is highly recommended here and is a great start. </p><p></p><p>I also second Lisa with the neuropsychologist evaluation. I had never even heard of one until about a year ago and we got more answers in that few hours of testing than we did in years of therapists. Our therapist (therapist) bases her therapy on the neuropsychologist's findings. It was actually our therapist that recommended the neuropsychologist. I think your son has enough flags that show up in several other diagnosis's (not to say that your son has more than one diagnosis, but that some things mimic another, i.e., anxiety can look a lot like ADHD) that a thorough evaluation is in order. Another alternative is a multi-disciplinary evaluation that is usually done at your local children's or university hospital. There is more info on that on the FAQ board.</p><p></p><p>Again welcome.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterbee, post: 57271"] Tressa, Welcome to the site. I'm glad you found us. First of all - and most importantly - you are not a failure as a parent. If you were you wouldn't be trying to help your child. Plain and simple. You are, however, raising a challenging child and that can make one feel like a failure. I know I have. I've also spent a lot of time doing the "if only"'s and it's really just wasted energy. The bottom line is our kids are who they are and we have to learn how to parent them. Traditional parenting techniques aren't especially effective with our kiddos and we have to learn to think outside the box. "The Explosive Child" by Ross Greene is highly recommended here and is a great start. I also second Lisa with the neuropsychologist evaluation. I had never even heard of one until about a year ago and we got more answers in that few hours of testing than we did in years of therapists. Our therapist (therapist) bases her therapy on the neuropsychologist's findings. It was actually our therapist that recommended the neuropsychologist. I think your son has enough flags that show up in several other diagnosis's (not to say that your son has more than one diagnosis, but that some things mimic another, i.e., anxiety can look a lot like ADHD) that a thorough evaluation is in order. Another alternative is a multi-disciplinary evaluation that is usually done at your local children's or university hospital. There is more info on that on the FAQ board. Again welcome. [/QUOTE]
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