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Where's the "Stop" button for kids with-impulsivity?
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<blockquote data-quote="pepperidge" data-source="post: 540513" data-attributes="member: 2322"><p>I'm sorry for bringing it up,it sucks as a diagnosis though there is a huge range in terms of how much kids are affected.</p><p></p><p>As I said, the challenge is realizing that much may not be in their control but doing all you can to nudge them along.</p><p>A Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) expert told us to think prevention, rather than consequences, because they know what they are doing is wrong but can't control it totally. Impulsivity is a funny concept, I don't think it means that one does something on the spur of the moment (though that is part) but rather one can't engage the rational part of the brain to think about short term gain vs. long term consequences. I think with these kids it may take until 25 or 30 to see some really maturity kick.</p><p></p><p>So you keep them safe, keep them from internalzing the idea that they are bad kids and hope they grow up. Andin the meantime you feel like you are a prison warden or worse. It's tough. I think looking into highly supervised environments where they can some of the advantages of kids their age but with very good supervision has some benefits.</p><p></p><p>I'm sorry, I've been living it too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pepperidge, post: 540513, member: 2322"] I'm sorry for bringing it up,it sucks as a diagnosis though there is a huge range in terms of how much kids are affected. As I said, the challenge is realizing that much may not be in their control but doing all you can to nudge them along. A Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) expert told us to think prevention, rather than consequences, because they know what they are doing is wrong but can't control it totally. Impulsivity is a funny concept, I don't think it means that one does something on the spur of the moment (though that is part) but rather one can't engage the rational part of the brain to think about short term gain vs. long term consequences. I think with these kids it may take until 25 or 30 to see some really maturity kick. So you keep them safe, keep them from internalzing the idea that they are bad kids and hope they grow up. Andin the meantime you feel like you are a prison warden or worse. It's tough. I think looking into highly supervised environments where they can some of the advantages of kids their age but with very good supervision has some benefits. I'm sorry, I've been living it too. [/QUOTE]
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