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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 725561" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Hi. My first question is is has she been evaluated by a Neuro psychologist or any other high level professional? I am not at all convinced art therapy will help you figure out why she is like this, what you can do to help, what professionals can do to help and other answers you can't have if you don't have her assessed by a top notch professional. This could be a neurological glitch, but you won't know without help or what to do to help her. And this is starting to affect your entire family. Are YOU in therapy to learn coping skills so that you are less apt to erupt?</p><p></p><p>My perspective is you are trying to do this without knowing what is wrong and without any talking between a professional and herself. Some people are phobic about therapists. in my opinion that hinders their progress and that of the difficult child. Sometimes with challenging kids we need to step out of our comfort zones and take a plunge that we aren't totally comfortable with....for them.</p><p></p><p>We are all parents that have had difficult kids and some are adult kids, on drugs, still difficult. I know you don't want that. Best to vigorously attack this now on all fronts before she is eighteen, out of your control and most likely worse. They do not normally outgrow being difficult. It seems some people are born difficult for various reasons....hard births, prematurity, neurological glitches like autism, a DNA bad card draw from one or both sides of the family tree. It is nobody's fault.</p><p></p><p>Early chaos in the home and loss of a caregiver in the first three years can cause attachment problems. Unattached kids are extremely hard and get harder without the right specialized help.</p><p></p><p>I think it has to start with assessing her. I prefer Neuro psychologists (psychologists with additional training in the science of the brain). My autistic son was finally diagnosed right by one after years of wrong diagnoses. He is now 24, on his own, and very kind. He started out way different!</p><p></p><p>I highly recommend this route. The school assessments were never intensive or spot on for us so I personally don't recommend school evaluations.</p><p></p><p>Love and hugs!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 725561, member: 1550"] Hi. My first question is is has she been evaluated by a Neuro psychologist or any other high level professional? I am not at all convinced art therapy will help you figure out why she is like this, what you can do to help, what professionals can do to help and other answers you can't have if you don't have her assessed by a top notch professional. This could be a neurological glitch, but you won't know without help or what to do to help her. And this is starting to affect your entire family. Are YOU in therapy to learn coping skills so that you are less apt to erupt? My perspective is you are trying to do this without knowing what is wrong and without any talking between a professional and herself. Some people are phobic about therapists. in my opinion that hinders their progress and that of the difficult child. Sometimes with challenging kids we need to step out of our comfort zones and take a plunge that we aren't totally comfortable with....for them. We are all parents that have had difficult kids and some are adult kids, on drugs, still difficult. I know you don't want that. Best to vigorously attack this now on all fronts before she is eighteen, out of your control and most likely worse. They do not normally outgrow being difficult. It seems some people are born difficult for various reasons....hard births, prematurity, neurological glitches like autism, a DNA bad card draw from one or both sides of the family tree. It is nobody's fault. Early chaos in the home and loss of a caregiver in the first three years can cause attachment problems. Unattached kids are extremely hard and get harder without the right specialized help. I think it has to start with assessing her. I prefer Neuro psychologists (psychologists with additional training in the science of the brain). My autistic son was finally diagnosed right by one after years of wrong diagnoses. He is now 24, on his own, and very kind. He started out way different! I highly recommend this route. The school assessments were never intensive or spot on for us so I personally don't recommend school evaluations. Love and hugs! [/QUOTE]
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