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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 243414" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I absolutely disagree that it CAN'T get easier. It got WAY easier for my child. He is 15 and raged with the best of them at one time. Now he's a well-behaved, contented kid doing well since we now know why he is different and how to help him. I have a few questions to ask you:</p><p></p><p>1/Who diagnosed him? Is he on any medication? Has he been? Did anything help in the long term?</p><p></p><p>2/Are there any psychiatric or substance abuse issues on the either side of the family tree? You may want to do a signature like I did below. The more info we have, the more we can try to help you.</p><p></p><p>3/How was his early development? Speech, eye contact, interaction with same-age peers, did he play normally with toys, have a good imagination, ever repeat by rote stuff he hears on television, any sensitivities to noise/food/texture? Did he like to cuddle? At age ten how are his social skills with kids his own age. Will he look strangers in the eyes with ease? How does he do in school? Does he seem sort of "clueless" about the things that other kids seem to pick up by osmosis? Does he sometimes seem like he's in his own world, especially in unfamiliar places? Any obsessive interests? Does any of this ring a bell?</p><p></p><p>3/My suggestion is to not try to do it yourself, not even with the help of Ross Greene and his awesome book "The Explosive Child." That is kind of something you use while you try to find out the root cause and there IS a root cause. I highly recommend you take your child for a full battery evaluation by a private NeuroPsychologist. in my opinion and long experience they do the best testisng and evaluating of any professionals. They actually DO testing rather than sitting with you, listening to symptoms, and, after an hour, deciding what is wrong and why and often pulling out the prescription pad. Our neuropsychologist (not to be mistaken for a Neurologist--they are different) tested our son for ten hours in two hour increments, and he did a great job of nailing all his issues and THAT is when my son turned around. </p><p>The kids do not have to turn out to be troublesome at all. But you do have to get the right kind of treatment or they are at high risk to move on to drug abuse and other fun stuff. I wish you lots of luck, and stay positive. Get the neuropsychologist evaluation. NeuroPsychs are at children's and university hospitals. Insist on a referral from your pediatrician even if he balks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 243414, member: 1550"] I absolutely disagree that it CAN'T get easier. It got WAY easier for my child. He is 15 and raged with the best of them at one time. Now he's a well-behaved, contented kid doing well since we now know why he is different and how to help him. I have a few questions to ask you: 1/Who diagnosed him? Is he on any medication? Has he been? Did anything help in the long term? 2/Are there any psychiatric or substance abuse issues on the either side of the family tree? You may want to do a signature like I did below. The more info we have, the more we can try to help you. 3/How was his early development? Speech, eye contact, interaction with same-age peers, did he play normally with toys, have a good imagination, ever repeat by rote stuff he hears on television, any sensitivities to noise/food/texture? Did he like to cuddle? At age ten how are his social skills with kids his own age. Will he look strangers in the eyes with ease? How does he do in school? Does he seem sort of "clueless" about the things that other kids seem to pick up by osmosis? Does he sometimes seem like he's in his own world, especially in unfamiliar places? Any obsessive interests? Does any of this ring a bell? 3/My suggestion is to not try to do it yourself, not even with the help of Ross Greene and his awesome book "The Explosive Child." That is kind of something you use while you try to find out the root cause and there IS a root cause. I highly recommend you take your child for a full battery evaluation by a private NeuroPsychologist. in my opinion and long experience they do the best testisng and evaluating of any professionals. They actually DO testing rather than sitting with you, listening to symptoms, and, after an hour, deciding what is wrong and why and often pulling out the prescription pad. Our neuropsychologist (not to be mistaken for a Neurologist--they are different) tested our son for ten hours in two hour increments, and he did a great job of nailing all his issues and THAT is when my son turned around. The kids do not have to turn out to be troublesome at all. But you do have to get the right kind of treatment or they are at high risk to move on to drug abuse and other fun stuff. I wish you lots of luck, and stay positive. Get the neuropsychologist evaluation. NeuroPsychs are at children's and university hospitals. Insist on a referral from your pediatrician even if he balks. [/QUOTE]
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