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"Defiance" is diagnosis of child therapist
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<blockquote data-quote="helpmehelphim" data-source="post: 55205" data-attributes="member: 2650"><p>It's so difficult when we take our kiddos to people that we trust will give us the information that we need. What this professional says is based on his/her training and knowledge set. I wouldn't be comfortable hearing the professional talk about a kid "winning" when the reason that I've taken the kiddo is that they are having trouble coping with- certain life circumstances and if they were "winning" they wouldn't even be there. It's a mindset. To me, it is not helpful.</p><p></p><p>I would change professionals. I would interview the professional first as well. I would go with information in hand about the types of parenting that I value (I take books with- me about the approaches that I need acknowledged and they can either agree or not but it cuts to the chase of what I need with- my kiddo). We are hiring them to do an important job. I've fired them before (I quit seeing one that I was using myself). There are good therapists, not so good and all kinds in between. </p><p></p><p>I reject the assumption that parenting causes behavioral disorders. Parenting can certainly help with- the environment but it's not going to take the place of Occupational Therapist (OT), Speech Language Pathologist (SLP), psychiatrist, therapist, medication, etc. or the biggie, maturity and time (sometimes it takes much longer for certain kiddos to mature than others).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="helpmehelphim, post: 55205, member: 2650"] It's so difficult when we take our kiddos to people that we trust will give us the information that we need. What this professional says is based on his/her training and knowledge set. I wouldn't be comfortable hearing the professional talk about a kid "winning" when the reason that I've taken the kiddo is that they are having trouble coping with- certain life circumstances and if they were "winning" they wouldn't even be there. It's a mindset. To me, it is not helpful. I would change professionals. I would interview the professional first as well. I would go with information in hand about the types of parenting that I value (I take books with- me about the approaches that I need acknowledged and they can either agree or not but it cuts to the chase of what I need with- my kiddo). We are hiring them to do an important job. I've fired them before (I quit seeing one that I was using myself). There are good therapists, not so good and all kinds in between. I reject the assumption that parenting causes behavioral disorders. Parenting can certainly help with- the environment but it's not going to take the place of Occupational Therapist (OT), Speech Language Pathologist (SLP), psychiatrist, therapist, medication, etc. or the biggie, maturity and time (sometimes it takes much longer for certain kiddos to mature than others). [/QUOTE]
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