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<blockquote data-quote="DaisyFace" data-source="post: 360263" data-attributes="member: 6546"><p>Here we had been going along with the "behavior chart" idea so that we could show the doctor that we really were being cooperative and were willing to try anything--and that the problem <em>really is</em> difficult child. So I figured that one of these days, the doctor would just have to admit that the chart was not working. Silly me!</p><p> </p><p>difficult child sat there at our appointment and said in plain English that she refuses to do anything cause she can't see the point. doctor started to question her on this and we could tell by the look on difficult child's face that it was gonna get ugly. Her face was getting red, she was clenching her fists--at home, the next step would have been a full-blown rage.</p><p> </p><p>So at that point, husband and I announced that we were going for a walk...and we got up and left. We figured we'd let the doctor deal with difficult child's anger.</p><p> </p><p>When we returned, there were empty tissue boxes all over the place and wadded up Kleenex here and there...but no difficult child. Turns out that doctor had to keep giving her "time outs" to get control of herself.</p><p> </p><p>And it was at this point that doctor announced that we needed to compromise on the chart and give difficult child a reward right away. And when husband asked why he should compromise on a kindergarten-level chart...doctor said it was the only way to get some momentum out of difficult child....that our points system was too hard...yadda, yadda, yadda.</p><p> </p><p>So it seems that doctor must have caved in the face of difficult child's outburst and promised the child that she would talk her parents about stopping the chart.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaisyFace, post: 360263, member: 6546"] Here we had been going along with the "behavior chart" idea so that we could show the doctor that we really were being cooperative and were willing to try anything--and that the problem [I]really is[/I] difficult child. So I figured that one of these days, the doctor would just have to admit that the chart was not working. Silly me! difficult child sat there at our appointment and said in plain English that she refuses to do anything cause she can't see the point. doctor started to question her on this and we could tell by the look on difficult child's face that it was gonna get ugly. Her face was getting red, she was clenching her fists--at home, the next step would have been a full-blown rage. So at that point, husband and I announced that we were going for a walk...and we got up and left. We figured we'd let the doctor deal with difficult child's anger. When we returned, there were empty tissue boxes all over the place and wadded up Kleenex here and there...but no difficult child. Turns out that doctor had to keep giving her "time outs" to get control of herself. And it was at this point that doctor announced that we needed to compromise on the chart and give difficult child a reward right away. And when husband asked why he should compromise on a kindergarten-level chart...doctor said it was the only way to get some momentum out of difficult child....that our points system was too hard...yadda, yadda, yadda. So it seems that doctor must have caved in the face of difficult child's outburst and promised the child that she would talk her parents about stopping the chart. [/QUOTE]
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