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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 429158" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>good teacher... leaving... been there done that...</p><p> </p><p>Get her to document like crazy - every idea she's tried, whether it worked or not - we found that the "not-working ideas" list was actually more important, as it kept the next teachers from trying the same stuff over again!</p><p> </p><p>Next layer on the motor skills stuff... is <strong><u><em>fatigue</em></u></strong>. Comes in three flavors... physical, mental, and emotional. For our kids, its never ever just one of those - its at least 2 out of 3 and usually all of them!</p><p> </p><p>But seriously... we got nowhere until we (without the support of any of our specialists) made fatigue into enemy number one. We changed our whole family schedule, and pushed back against school, family and friends (and specialists) until we beat the fatigue monster back into submission... he is now on top of that one, having caught up from accumulations of fatigue, but we keep a close eye on it. Don't use "tired". Its a word that the outside world will push back on. Keep in mind that mentally, he is probably spending 20x the effort on every little motor-skills task that he does do... so, "shoes and socks" for him is kind of like you doing the same thing 20 times over (only not quite... there is a physical part, and a neuromotor part, and its the neuromotor/brain part that wears out, not the muscles! so, your muscles might give out before doing it 20x...! lol)</p><p> </p><p>When they are under a physical and/or mental load, then the emotional load is almost impossible to cope with. We were dropping off the edge of a cliff - going straight down with no end in sight but knowing that at some point, we'd be going "splat" at the bottom... Now? we get the emotional factors going, and we immediately flag "fatigue". Change task list. To bed early. Other relaxation stuff... whatever it takes to beat the fatigue monster back. And we're winning. But there is no magic formula here - you have to play around with it and find what works for this particular kid.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 429158, member: 11791"] good teacher... leaving... been there done that... Get her to document like crazy - every idea she's tried, whether it worked or not - we found that the "not-working ideas" list was actually more important, as it kept the next teachers from trying the same stuff over again! Next layer on the motor skills stuff... is [B][U][I]fatigue[/I][/U][/B]. Comes in three flavors... physical, mental, and emotional. For our kids, its never ever just one of those - its at least 2 out of 3 and usually all of them! But seriously... we got nowhere until we (without the support of any of our specialists) made fatigue into enemy number one. We changed our whole family schedule, and pushed back against school, family and friends (and specialists) until we beat the fatigue monster back into submission... he is now on top of that one, having caught up from accumulations of fatigue, but we keep a close eye on it. Don't use "tired". Its a word that the outside world will push back on. Keep in mind that mentally, he is probably spending 20x the effort on every little motor-skills task that he does do... so, "shoes and socks" for him is kind of like you doing the same thing 20 times over (only not quite... there is a physical part, and a neuromotor part, and its the neuromotor/brain part that wears out, not the muscles! so, your muscles might give out before doing it 20x...! lol) When they are under a physical and/or mental load, then the emotional load is almost impossible to cope with. We were dropping off the edge of a cliff - going straight down with no end in sight but knowing that at some point, we'd be going "splat" at the bottom... Now? we get the emotional factors going, and we immediately flag "fatigue". Change task list. To bed early. Other relaxation stuff... whatever it takes to beat the fatigue monster back. And we're winning. But there is no magic formula here - you have to play around with it and find what works for this particular kid. [/QUOTE]
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