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Hi ,New Here 9 yr old with Borderline (BPD) ,Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) not otherwise specified
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 416353" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Welcome! You sure have your hands more than full. This is a great place and I am sure you iwll find a lot of support, caring and information here, as well as a bunch of people who have truly been there done that and won't look at you like the worst parent in the world or like you have three eyes. </p><p> </p><p>The others have given great advice. I have a couple of suggestions/thoughts. First, get your younger 2 evaluated by a PRIVATE Occupational Therapist for sensory issues. MANY of our kids have sensory issues. I have been told by a neuropsychologist and by a psychiatrist that children on the autistic spectrum almost universally have some type of sensory problems. They will seek some sensations even if it isn't safe and they will avoid others like the plague. This is because the brain isn't handling sensory input properly. This should be treated by the Occupational Therapist (OT). I suggest a private Occupational Therapist (OT) because the school Occupational Therapist (OT)'s only look for what will impact academics and life at school. Private Occupational Therapist (OT)'s look at their entire life. They also seem less rushed and more thorough to me. After the initial evaluation you may be able to have the school Occupational Therapist (OT) do follow ups instead of paying for the private Occupational Therapist (OT). You can read about Sensory Integration Disorder (SID) in "the out of sync child" by Kranowitz and I highly recommend "The Out of sync child has Fun" to help provide the sensory stimulation he needs. IF you can only buy one of the books, buy the Has Fun one (same author). Get the other one from the library. Has Fun is PACKED with activities, with ways to adapt them to various needs (including the budget!) and the activities are FUN. For EVERYONE - I even use it to find activities for school parties, etc...</p><p> </p><p>The really great thing about sensory issues is that there are some very effective ways to help this. NOT a quick fix, but also NOT a pill and NOT invasive. Brushing therapy combined with gentle joint compression has been proven to REWIRE how the brain processes sensory info. It is done by brushing the body (under or over clothing) in a certain pattern and then following this with gentle joint compressions done in a certain order. The changes are astounding to me, esp when I htink of how invasive other things are. You MUST MUST MUST be taught how to do brushing by the Occupational Therapist (OT) because if you brush certain areas (esp the abdomen) you can cause some HUGE problems. Once you have been taught how to do it, the pattern is quite easy to remember.</p><p> </p><p>The other thing I wanted to say is that your daughter is a lot younger htan her father was when he was diagnosed. This is a GREAT thing. NOT that she is sick, but that it was caught earlier. The highs and lows of bipolar change the way the brain operates, making more likely to go into those extremes than to not to. The more years that a person isn't treated the harder it can be to treat them. It IS a scary set of diagnosis, but you know earlier so she can get a lot more help than her dad did. Her future doesn't have to be his. </p><p> </p><p>SEnding lots of hugs</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 416353, member: 1233"] Welcome! You sure have your hands more than full. This is a great place and I am sure you iwll find a lot of support, caring and information here, as well as a bunch of people who have truly been there done that and won't look at you like the worst parent in the world or like you have three eyes. The others have given great advice. I have a couple of suggestions/thoughts. First, get your younger 2 evaluated by a PRIVATE Occupational Therapist for sensory issues. MANY of our kids have sensory issues. I have been told by a neuropsychologist and by a psychiatrist that children on the autistic spectrum almost universally have some type of sensory problems. They will seek some sensations even if it isn't safe and they will avoid others like the plague. This is because the brain isn't handling sensory input properly. This should be treated by the Occupational Therapist (OT). I suggest a private Occupational Therapist (OT) because the school Occupational Therapist (OT)'s only look for what will impact academics and life at school. Private Occupational Therapist (OT)'s look at their entire life. They also seem less rushed and more thorough to me. After the initial evaluation you may be able to have the school Occupational Therapist (OT) do follow ups instead of paying for the private Occupational Therapist (OT). You can read about Sensory Integration Disorder (SID) in "the out of sync child" by Kranowitz and I highly recommend "The Out of sync child has Fun" to help provide the sensory stimulation he needs. IF you can only buy one of the books, buy the Has Fun one (same author). Get the other one from the library. Has Fun is PACKED with activities, with ways to adapt them to various needs (including the budget!) and the activities are FUN. For EVERYONE - I even use it to find activities for school parties, etc... The really great thing about sensory issues is that there are some very effective ways to help this. NOT a quick fix, but also NOT a pill and NOT invasive. Brushing therapy combined with gentle joint compression has been proven to REWIRE how the brain processes sensory info. It is done by brushing the body (under or over clothing) in a certain pattern and then following this with gentle joint compressions done in a certain order. The changes are astounding to me, esp when I htink of how invasive other things are. You MUST MUST MUST be taught how to do brushing by the Occupational Therapist (OT) because if you brush certain areas (esp the abdomen) you can cause some HUGE problems. Once you have been taught how to do it, the pattern is quite easy to remember. The other thing I wanted to say is that your daughter is a lot younger htan her father was when he was diagnosed. This is a GREAT thing. NOT that she is sick, but that it was caught earlier. The highs and lows of bipolar change the way the brain operates, making more likely to go into those extremes than to not to. The more years that a person isn't treated the harder it can be to treat them. It IS a scary set of diagnosis, but you know earlier so she can get a lot more help than her dad did. Her future doesn't have to be his. SEnding lots of hugs [/QUOTE]
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