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<blockquote data-quote="looking4hope" data-source="post: 153360" data-attributes="member: 4362"><p>Hello and welcome!</p><p></p><p>Your difficult child sounds like so many others here, and mine. Initially diagnosed as ADHD and then the behavior escalates. My difficult child did it about the same time -- 7 years old, but not quite as severe. Rewards and punishments did not work until his medications were stabilized, so that is your first order of business. Unfortunately it took two psychiatric hospital stays for that to happen, but once it did, I had my old son back.</p><p></p><p>If you can, get a referral to a neuropsychologist who can do a much better evaluation. Like your son, my difficult child does well academically, so that isn't the problem. He would also not do his work unless it interested him (mainly science and math), although he could do all of it. He read better than most of the 8th graders I teach when he was in 2nd grade, so that tells you something! Anyway, since I've been through it, I can tell you that he needs to get a correct diagnosis before you can start working on the behavior.</p><p></p><p>Keep us informed on his progress, and good luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="looking4hope, post: 153360, member: 4362"] Hello and welcome! Your difficult child sounds like so many others here, and mine. Initially diagnosed as ADHD and then the behavior escalates. My difficult child did it about the same time -- 7 years old, but not quite as severe. Rewards and punishments did not work until his medications were stabilized, so that is your first order of business. Unfortunately it took two psychiatric hospital stays for that to happen, but once it did, I had my old son back. If you can, get a referral to a neuropsychologist who can do a much better evaluation. Like your son, my difficult child does well academically, so that isn't the problem. He would also not do his work unless it interested him (mainly science and math), although he could do all of it. He read better than most of the 8th graders I teach when he was in 2nd grade, so that tells you something! Anyway, since I've been through it, I can tell you that he needs to get a correct diagnosis before you can start working on the behavior. Keep us informed on his progress, and good luck! [/QUOTE]
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