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I don't think this is how respite is supposed to work
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<blockquote data-quote="flutterby" data-source="post: 365540" data-attributes="member: 7083"><p>It's not that E can't handle her, it's that difficult child wasn't communicating with E then having meltdowns, panic attacks, paranoia, hearing things, etc, ad nauseum.</p><p></p><p>When I went Sunday, I went to facilitate a conversation between E and difficult child. I had been talking to E and difficult child separately, but difficult child needed to express herself - but she needed my help to do so. For as amazing of a writer she is - she creates characters you can visualize and stories/plots that you can't wait to read what happens next - she does not verbalize emotions. At all. It's *always*, "I don't know". And it always has been. I have to decipher what she is feeling by what cues she does give off. If you're not around her all the time, you wouldn't know. And for as creative as she is, she's a very black and white thinker. Everything has to be concrete. There has to be a right or wrong answer. And we know that life doesn't work that way - especially summer vacation where the kids are just doing their own thing.</p><p></p><p>by the way, E is difficult child 2's mom - so she can definitely handle a meltdown. haha And her youngest, while not diagnosis'd, is classic Aspie. And he is thriving without services (although she is in the process of getting that started - he's 9 and the youngest). She instinctively knows what to do. He's a really neat kid.</p><p></p><p>I don't know. This just reinforces for me that she will not be able to live on her own without assistance. (Big sigh)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterby, post: 365540, member: 7083"] It's not that E can't handle her, it's that difficult child wasn't communicating with E then having meltdowns, panic attacks, paranoia, hearing things, etc, ad nauseum. When I went Sunday, I went to facilitate a conversation between E and difficult child. I had been talking to E and difficult child separately, but difficult child needed to express herself - but she needed my help to do so. For as amazing of a writer she is - she creates characters you can visualize and stories/plots that you can't wait to read what happens next - she does not verbalize emotions. At all. It's *always*, "I don't know". And it always has been. I have to decipher what she is feeling by what cues she does give off. If you're not around her all the time, you wouldn't know. And for as creative as she is, she's a very black and white thinker. Everything has to be concrete. There has to be a right or wrong answer. And we know that life doesn't work that way - especially summer vacation where the kids are just doing their own thing. by the way, E is difficult child 2's mom - so she can definitely handle a meltdown. haha And her youngest, while not diagnosis'd, is classic Aspie. And he is thriving without services (although she is in the process of getting that started - he's 9 and the youngest). She instinctively knows what to do. He's a really neat kid. I don't know. This just reinforces for me that she will not be able to live on her own without assistance. (Big sigh) [/QUOTE]
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