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<blockquote data-quote="Liahona" data-source="post: 458939"><p>Welcome! All this advice will make your life easier in the long run. My difficult child 1 was very violent when he was younger (tried to kill his siblings.) Luckily I was trained in how to restrain children by the school district. I was trained in the Mandt program. The schools sp ed teacher or the police or maybe the doctor or hospital or maybe the counties mental health facility would help teach you how to do this. You might need to talk them into it or pay to attend a class. Restraints can be dangerous if not done right (Don't ever restrict a child's chest/breathing when they are upset.) I also had a time out room. I would put him in a room I knew he would be safe in and let him rage in there. Yes he did property damage. Better property damage than physical damage to his siblings. What helped the most was sending him to an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) for about a year. We live in the next town over and saw him twice a week. Once for a visit and once for family therapy. There were also staff meetings. Some weeks I was there 3 or 4 times. Putting a child in an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) isn't giving up on them. Its like putting a child with a serious physical illness in the hospital. My child's illness is just on the inside where no one can see it. The Residential Treatment Center (RTC) difficult child 1 was in took kids from ages 6 to 13.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Liahona, post: 458939"] Welcome! All this advice will make your life easier in the long run. My difficult child 1 was very violent when he was younger (tried to kill his siblings.) Luckily I was trained in how to restrain children by the school district. I was trained in the Mandt program. The schools sp ed teacher or the police or maybe the doctor or hospital or maybe the counties mental health facility would help teach you how to do this. You might need to talk them into it or pay to attend a class. Restraints can be dangerous if not done right (Don't ever restrict a child's chest/breathing when they are upset.) I also had a time out room. I would put him in a room I knew he would be safe in and let him rage in there. Yes he did property damage. Better property damage than physical damage to his siblings. What helped the most was sending him to an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) for about a year. We live in the next town over and saw him twice a week. Once for a visit and once for family therapy. There were also staff meetings. Some weeks I was there 3 or 4 times. Putting a child in an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) isn't giving up on them. Its like putting a child with a serious physical illness in the hospital. My child's illness is just on the inside where no one can see it. The Residential Treatment Center (RTC) difficult child 1 was in took kids from ages 6 to 13. [/QUOTE]
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