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Anyone that had child diagnoised as early as 5?
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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 262723" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>Hi Tania,</p><p>nice to meet you. </p><p>You have your hands full! He definitely has more than one thing going on.</p><p> </p><p>One thing you might try ... during a calm moment, call the dog (assuming it's a big dog and obedient) and have him sit. Call your difficult child and the min your difficult child hits the dog, grab your difficult child's hand and say, "Pet the dog!" in a firm voice, then unwrap his fingers so he's not making a fist and it's a flat palm, and force his hand back onto the dog like he's petting it, and say, "Good pet the dog."</p><p>Do it over and over and over. Do again in a cpl hrs. And the next day.</p><p>Clearly, he wants contact with-animals, people and things but something in his mind is preventing him from "getting it."</p><p>He's not going to understand empathy at this age. But he will understand repetition.</p><p>Take it one step at a time.</p><p>Work on one behavior at a time.</p><p>You are trhing to bite off too much. It is overwhelming.</p><p>(I know the feeling!)</p><p>I'm glad you've gotten some testing done, and I agree with-MWM that the diagnosis will change over time. Just work with-what you've got.</p><p>I am sorry that you slipped through the cracks with-educ. financing. Isn't that always the way?</p><p> </p><p>You will probably not be able to get ANY work done when you are at home with-your difficult child. That was one of my biggest mistakes. My son would break things or run out of the house the 1 sec I wasn't looking (or flood the back porch). I coudn't even go to the bathroom. No kidding.</p><p> </p><p>It does get better but you need intensive intervention.</p><p> </p><p>I am glad you quit spanking him. I'm wondering if he's like my son, in that he likes rough play and hard, hard squeezing? My son and I used to have squeezing contests. He always won--even when he was 3. I'd break out in a sweat. Whew!</p><p>He also liked it when I sat on him. (Make sure it's in his lap or butt, not on his stomach, if you do that.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 262723, member: 3419"] Hi Tania, nice to meet you. You have your hands full! He definitely has more than one thing going on. One thing you might try ... during a calm moment, call the dog (assuming it's a big dog and obedient) and have him sit. Call your difficult child and the min your difficult child hits the dog, grab your difficult child's hand and say, "Pet the dog!" in a firm voice, then unwrap his fingers so he's not making a fist and it's a flat palm, and force his hand back onto the dog like he's petting it, and say, "Good pet the dog." Do it over and over and over. Do again in a cpl hrs. And the next day. Clearly, he wants contact with-animals, people and things but something in his mind is preventing him from "getting it." He's not going to understand empathy at this age. But he will understand repetition. Take it one step at a time. Work on one behavior at a time. You are trhing to bite off too much. It is overwhelming. (I know the feeling!) I'm glad you've gotten some testing done, and I agree with-MWM that the diagnosis will change over time. Just work with-what you've got. I am sorry that you slipped through the cracks with-educ. financing. Isn't that always the way? You will probably not be able to get ANY work done when you are at home with-your difficult child. That was one of my biggest mistakes. My son would break things or run out of the house the 1 sec I wasn't looking (or flood the back porch). I coudn't even go to the bathroom. No kidding. It does get better but you need intensive intervention. I am glad you quit spanking him. I'm wondering if he's like my son, in that he likes rough play and hard, hard squeezing? My son and I used to have squeezing contests. He always won--even when he was 3. I'd break out in a sweat. Whew! He also liked it when I sat on him. (Make sure it's in his lap or butt, not on his stomach, if you do that.) [/QUOTE]
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