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<blockquote data-quote="hamlet" data-source="post: 453165" data-attributes="member: 11970"><p>You have gotten some wonderful advice and already taken positive steps forward for your family. I just wanted to add my experience in case it resonates with you. Please consider that difficult child 2 may, in fact, be depressed or have ptsd related to the traumatic events of his life. When my easy child was diagnosis with leukemia, difficult child was just 3 years old. Pediatric cancer, (and subsequent divorce,) changed everyone in our family, but had the longest lasting effect on difficult child. He retreated into his own world and it has taken 7 years of therapy, medications and persistence to draw him out.</p><p></p><p>My son's depression and anxiety caused him to have many social difficulties. He regressed in many behaviors and sometimes still acts immature for his age. His depression manifests as anger quite frequently and it is only with a great deal of patience and persistence that I am able to get to the truth of how he feels. It has gotten better, very slowly.</p><p></p><p>difficult child has had four therapists. The best by far, head and shoulders above, was an intern getting her masters degree in child therapy. She conducted play therapy with difficult child for about a year, and although I was skeptical the results were astonishing. I do not know how one finds these gems; the excellent practitioners in any field really stand out but one almost has to "run across" them. Play therapy is not generally covered by insurance - difficult child's was covered because it was billed under the doctor who was supervising the intern. Play therapy is recommended because most five year olds will have trouble describing verbally their thoughts and feelings. With play therapy it comes out another way, which I can go into detail about if you're interested.</p><p></p><p>I also purchased a puppy for our family and accidentally happened upon a great therapy dog! I have raised five puppies to adulthood, so I knew what I was getting into. Breed selection and proper socialization are critical to the dog's tolerance of a difficult child's emotion and periodic upheaval. In our case, the new puppy now dog has really helped to give difficult child a solid friend, unconditional acceptance and someone to talk to.</p><p></p><p>I would love for difficult child to have equine therapy as well, because he adores horses. That is something I'm looking into through his group therapy for siblings of childhood cancer survivors. Perhaps there is a group your son could attend for bereaved children.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hamlet, post: 453165, member: 11970"] You have gotten some wonderful advice and already taken positive steps forward for your family. I just wanted to add my experience in case it resonates with you. Please consider that difficult child 2 may, in fact, be depressed or have ptsd related to the traumatic events of his life. When my easy child was diagnosis with leukemia, difficult child was just 3 years old. Pediatric cancer, (and subsequent divorce,) changed everyone in our family, but had the longest lasting effect on difficult child. He retreated into his own world and it has taken 7 years of therapy, medications and persistence to draw him out. My son's depression and anxiety caused him to have many social difficulties. He regressed in many behaviors and sometimes still acts immature for his age. His depression manifests as anger quite frequently and it is only with a great deal of patience and persistence that I am able to get to the truth of how he feels. It has gotten better, very slowly. difficult child has had four therapists. The best by far, head and shoulders above, was an intern getting her masters degree in child therapy. She conducted play therapy with difficult child for about a year, and although I was skeptical the results were astonishing. I do not know how one finds these gems; the excellent practitioners in any field really stand out but one almost has to "run across" them. Play therapy is not generally covered by insurance - difficult child's was covered because it was billed under the doctor who was supervising the intern. Play therapy is recommended because most five year olds will have trouble describing verbally their thoughts and feelings. With play therapy it comes out another way, which I can go into detail about if you're interested. I also purchased a puppy for our family and accidentally happened upon a great therapy dog! I have raised five puppies to adulthood, so I knew what I was getting into. Breed selection and proper socialization are critical to the dog's tolerance of a difficult child's emotion and periodic upheaval. In our case, the new puppy now dog has really helped to give difficult child a solid friend, unconditional acceptance and someone to talk to. I would love for difficult child to have equine therapy as well, because he adores horses. That is something I'm looking into through his group therapy for siblings of childhood cancer survivors. Perhaps there is a group your son could attend for bereaved children. [/QUOTE]
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