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Attachment therapy? What is it? Do all adopted kids need it?
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<blockquote data-quote="barneysmom" data-source="post: 401858" data-attributes="member: 1872"><p>pepperidge,</p><p></p><p>I think it's a great strategy to use a calm and professional manner (as you have already stated). I have honed mine over the years. I try to maintain my dignity and use a kind voice and calm eye contact while I am saying exactly what I need to say. If I need to, I take a little time to answer. If someone has said something I don't like, I try to address it before I leave, even if the meeting is over, and in the same calm, kind voice. </p><p></p><p>About the medication adjustments in puberty -- she probably uses the same lines, same context on every parent -- but that would have rankled me. She needs to say stuff like "You probably know about the medication adjustments needed during adolescence . . .", otherwise you could bring her attention to all the time you've already spent in the psychiatrist's office. She needs a context for whom she's talking to. </p><p></p><p>You're doing good and you know this already -- just my 2cents. It's almost as though the parent needs to establish him/herself as the leader of the team, or at least co-leader, not just the passive receiver of services. We are the educators.</p><p></p><p>Jo</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="barneysmom, post: 401858, member: 1872"] pepperidge, I think it's a great strategy to use a calm and professional manner (as you have already stated). I have honed mine over the years. I try to maintain my dignity and use a kind voice and calm eye contact while I am saying exactly what I need to say. If I need to, I take a little time to answer. If someone has said something I don't like, I try to address it before I leave, even if the meeting is over, and in the same calm, kind voice. About the medication adjustments in puberty -- she probably uses the same lines, same context on every parent -- but that would have rankled me. She needs to say stuff like "You probably know about the medication adjustments needed during adolescence . . .", otherwise you could bring her attention to all the time you've already spent in the psychiatrist's office. She needs a context for whom she's talking to. You're doing good and you know this already -- just my 2cents. It's almost as though the parent needs to establish him/herself as the leader of the team, or at least co-leader, not just the passive receiver of services. We are the educators. Jo [/QUOTE]
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