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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 376018" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Awesome!! Be aware that it can take months for those behaviors to become permanent, and be hopeful because he has shown that he CAN learn them!!!!! Six is an age where they are growing and learning so very much, and can become very frustrated and angry if they cannot express or handle all they have learned and see others learning/doing. The way he behaved shows a ton of progress and even more hope!!!!!</p><p> </p><p>Remember that many children seem to take medications just fine while in Residential Treatment Center (RTC) but at home balk at taking them. Have a plan in mind to handle this at home. If you allow him to refuse taking his medications at age six there will be little you can do about it when he is older. For many of our kids they require medications to be able to use any other tools, so it is a very important issue to be 110% unmovable on. Plan now for what you will do if he ever refuses to take his medications. My kids were all told from a very young age that if they EVER refused medications that they would be not only physically forced to take them, but also would lose whatever privileges/toys that mattered most, with the exception of their "lovey". I started very young, before problems, after watching my aunt cajole her 3yo into taking a dose of Tylenol for a 104.6 degree fever for over 2 hours. He thought it was a game. He also knew I didn't play games and when I took the medication and told him to swallow or I would hold him down until he did, he took it with no problems, smiling the whole time. I then gave him a spoon of choc syrup and told him that if he took whatever medications Mommy and Daddy said to, or gave to a teacher or babysitter to give him, then he would get a spoonful of choc syrup when Mommy and Daddy got home or picked him up. The only times he ever gave grief over medications was the time after his dad decided it was dumb to give choc syrup after. My cousin even called me crying (he was 5 then).</p><p> </p><p>Figure out a plan, keeping in mind that some medications taste truly awful and even burn the tongue of some children. If the medications burn his tongue, have him suck an ice cube or popsicle for a few minutes first - it numbs the tongue.</p><p> </p><p>I hope that he is able to continue to use his tools when he comes home. It sounds like he is making great progress!! Are they teaching you some of the methods they are using with him?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 376018, member: 1233"] Awesome!! Be aware that it can take months for those behaviors to become permanent, and be hopeful because he has shown that he CAN learn them!!!!! Six is an age where they are growing and learning so very much, and can become very frustrated and angry if they cannot express or handle all they have learned and see others learning/doing. The way he behaved shows a ton of progress and even more hope!!!!! Remember that many children seem to take medications just fine while in Residential Treatment Center (RTC) but at home balk at taking them. Have a plan in mind to handle this at home. If you allow him to refuse taking his medications at age six there will be little you can do about it when he is older. For many of our kids they require medications to be able to use any other tools, so it is a very important issue to be 110% unmovable on. Plan now for what you will do if he ever refuses to take his medications. My kids were all told from a very young age that if they EVER refused medications that they would be not only physically forced to take them, but also would lose whatever privileges/toys that mattered most, with the exception of their "lovey". I started very young, before problems, after watching my aunt cajole her 3yo into taking a dose of Tylenol for a 104.6 degree fever for over 2 hours. He thought it was a game. He also knew I didn't play games and when I took the medication and told him to swallow or I would hold him down until he did, he took it with no problems, smiling the whole time. I then gave him a spoon of choc syrup and told him that if he took whatever medications Mommy and Daddy said to, or gave to a teacher or babysitter to give him, then he would get a spoonful of choc syrup when Mommy and Daddy got home or picked him up. The only times he ever gave grief over medications was the time after his dad decided it was dumb to give choc syrup after. My cousin even called me crying (he was 5 then). Figure out a plan, keeping in mind that some medications taste truly awful and even burn the tongue of some children. If the medications burn his tongue, have him suck an ice cube or popsicle for a few minutes first - it numbs the tongue. I hope that he is able to continue to use his tools when he comes home. It sounds like he is making great progress!! Are they teaching you some of the methods they are using with him? [/QUOTE]
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