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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 152019" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>It could be Asperger's, or it could be something else again. The degree of obsession would fit, even with changing topics. The need to be in control of his environment also fits, but again, it could fit other diagnoses as well.</p><p></p><p>Strong suggestion on the discipline front - read "The Explosive Child" by Ross Greene. There is a link about this book on this forum too, read that as well to give you a bit of an advance idea.</p><p>The book isn't a cure, but it does make life a bit easier by putting the discipline into a different format which is more likely to work wit a child who needs to control. It can look like you've abdicated responsibility and handed control to the child, but in fact it is not. It IS taking a step back in some areas though, but this is not anarchy, it is instead a very effective way to use the child's need to control and turn it into self-control. </p><p>I found it also made my life easier, it made for a calmer household, and it's turning difficult child 3 into a responsible individual far sooner than we would have expected.</p><p></p><p>This is something you can do in the meantime, while waiting for more concrete answers about exactly what he's dealing with.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 152019, member: 1991"] It could be Asperger's, or it could be something else again. The degree of obsession would fit, even with changing topics. The need to be in control of his environment also fits, but again, it could fit other diagnoses as well. Strong suggestion on the discipline front - read "The Explosive Child" by Ross Greene. There is a link about this book on this forum too, read that as well to give you a bit of an advance idea. The book isn't a cure, but it does make life a bit easier by putting the discipline into a different format which is more likely to work wit a child who needs to control. It can look like you've abdicated responsibility and handed control to the child, but in fact it is not. It IS taking a step back in some areas though, but this is not anarchy, it is instead a very effective way to use the child's need to control and turn it into self-control. I found it also made my life easier, it made for a calmer household, and it's turning difficult child 3 into a responsible individual far sooner than we would have expected. This is something you can do in the meantime, while waiting for more concrete answers about exactly what he's dealing with. Marg [/QUOTE]
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