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exhausted, my son is out of control and he scares me
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 16292" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>ODD is rarely a stand alone diagnosis--most kids here, with various disorders, have ODD behaviors. Believe it or not, those behaviors sound familiar to me. Does he speak appropriately for his age? How is his eye contact? Can he transition from one activity to another? What about loud noise, textures, foods? Does your family have any psychiatric or neurological disorders on the tree (either side?) Substance abuse? I'm not a doctor, but he's exhibiting some traits of autistic spectrum disorder, higher functioning, which is terribly hard to diagnosis. in younger kids. Preemies are at a higher risk for this too. Is he in an early intervention program? in my opinion (I've been through the mill getting my kid rightly diagnosed) rather than focusing on behavioral modification, which I don't believe would work with this child, I'd go for the jugular--the root cause and how to treat it. Because of his age, any diagnosis is subject to changing as he gets older and more stuff shows up. In my layperson's opinion, I'd see if a children or university hospital will do a multidisciplinary evaluation on him at his age. The earlier you attack these things, the better the outcome. A MDE a group of professionals assess him in every area, which is at least a start. I wouldn't focus on discipline. I doubt he's doing anything to be "bad." Buy "The Explosive Child" by Ross Greene and use that method until you get a firmer handle on what's going on and get him in some sort of treatment. Hugs to you. I had a child like this; he's a happy thirteen year old now. Hang in there and get him appropriate interventions and a good evaluation. (No, not all professionals are created equal--some are superior to others in finding out what's wrong, which is why I suggest a MDE). I hope you have access to this sort of evaluation in Canada (just noticed you're from there)!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 16292, member: 1550"] ODD is rarely a stand alone diagnosis--most kids here, with various disorders, have ODD behaviors. Believe it or not, those behaviors sound familiar to me. Does he speak appropriately for his age? How is his eye contact? Can he transition from one activity to another? What about loud noise, textures, foods? Does your family have any psychiatric or neurological disorders on the tree (either side?) Substance abuse? I'm not a doctor, but he's exhibiting some traits of autistic spectrum disorder, higher functioning, which is terribly hard to diagnosis. in younger kids. Preemies are at a higher risk for this too. Is he in an early intervention program? in my opinion (I've been through the mill getting my kid rightly diagnosed) rather than focusing on behavioral modification, which I don't believe would work with this child, I'd go for the jugular--the root cause and how to treat it. Because of his age, any diagnosis is subject to changing as he gets older and more stuff shows up. In my layperson's opinion, I'd see if a children or university hospital will do a multidisciplinary evaluation on him at his age. The earlier you attack these things, the better the outcome. A MDE a group of professionals assess him in every area, which is at least a start. I wouldn't focus on discipline. I doubt he's doing anything to be "bad." Buy "The Explosive Child" by Ross Greene and use that method until you get a firmer handle on what's going on and get him in some sort of treatment. Hugs to you. I had a child like this; he's a happy thirteen year old now. Hang in there and get him appropriate interventions and a good evaluation. (No, not all professionals are created equal--some are superior to others in finding out what's wrong, which is why I suggest a MDE). I hope you have access to this sort of evaluation in Canada (just noticed you're from there)! [/QUOTE]
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