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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 393978" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Hi and Welcome!! You have gotten some awesome advice!! </p><p> </p><p>Has your daughter been thoroughly tested for learning disabilities and various other disorders? Generally we suggest finding a neuropsychologist and having a very thorough evaluation done (10-12 hrs of testing over several days). Your daughter may have some other things going on. Testing should also show the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) if it is one of her problems. You can usually find neuropsychs at children's hospitals or a pediatrician neurologist should know where to find one to help you. Knowing what is going on can be helfpul, though some of the interventions are the same regardless of the disorder. </p><p> </p><p>In addition to The Explosive Child, get a copy of Parenting with Love and Logic by Fay and Cline. It is an excellent resource because it stresses using natural and logical consequences while strengthening the loving bond between parent and child. They actually have quite a few books - you can learn more about them on their website - <a href="http://www.loveandlogic.com" target="_blank">www.loveandlogic.com</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Another useful tool is a Parent Report. There is a link in my signature that will take you to it. A Parent Report is a document that YOU create to keep ALL the info about your difficult child in one place. It lets you communicate more effectively with the "experts" and is a huge help keeping things organized. </p><p> </p><p>Has your daughter ever been evaluated for assistive technology? There may be special computers and other forms of technology that can help her communicate and do her work better. My boys both have dysgraphia, which is a learning disability in writing words and writing is painful, difficult, hard to read, and NOT something they do very willingly. They each learned keyboarding at an early age and at about 5th-6th grade got special laptops designed to do their schoolwork on. The laptop is incredibly durable (Wiz could tear up almost anything - the word unbreakable was a challenge he could NOT pass up!) and is designed to keep them from doing things they were not supposed to do (like gaming, etc...). The difference between what they each write by hand and what they write on the computer is shocking. Many 3rd graders could write better sentences than Wiz would in fifth grade if he had to write by hand, but what he wrote using a computer was more on the level of a college senior. Having the computer to type class notes, assignments, even do math problems on made a GIANT difference in his frustration levels (and grades, lol) because he could then communicate ideas in a more satisfying way. </p><p> </p><p>Your school should be able to provide this technology, though you may have to ask or insist it be put in her IEP. Wiz' laptop was called an Alphasmart, though the name may have changed since then. If you google it you should find some current models so that you can see what you want to ask for.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 393978, member: 1233"] Hi and Welcome!! You have gotten some awesome advice!! Has your daughter been thoroughly tested for learning disabilities and various other disorders? Generally we suggest finding a neuropsychologist and having a very thorough evaluation done (10-12 hrs of testing over several days). Your daughter may have some other things going on. Testing should also show the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) if it is one of her problems. You can usually find neuropsychs at children's hospitals or a pediatrician neurologist should know where to find one to help you. Knowing what is going on can be helfpul, though some of the interventions are the same regardless of the disorder. In addition to The Explosive Child, get a copy of Parenting with Love and Logic by Fay and Cline. It is an excellent resource because it stresses using natural and logical consequences while strengthening the loving bond between parent and child. They actually have quite a few books - you can learn more about them on their website - [URL="http://www.loveandlogic.com"]www.loveandlogic.com[/URL]. Another useful tool is a Parent Report. There is a link in my signature that will take you to it. A Parent Report is a document that YOU create to keep ALL the info about your difficult child in one place. It lets you communicate more effectively with the "experts" and is a huge help keeping things organized. Has your daughter ever been evaluated for assistive technology? There may be special computers and other forms of technology that can help her communicate and do her work better. My boys both have dysgraphia, which is a learning disability in writing words and writing is painful, difficult, hard to read, and NOT something they do very willingly. They each learned keyboarding at an early age and at about 5th-6th grade got special laptops designed to do their schoolwork on. The laptop is incredibly durable (Wiz could tear up almost anything - the word unbreakable was a challenge he could NOT pass up!) and is designed to keep them from doing things they were not supposed to do (like gaming, etc...). The difference between what they each write by hand and what they write on the computer is shocking. Many 3rd graders could write better sentences than Wiz would in fifth grade if he had to write by hand, but what he wrote using a computer was more on the level of a college senior. Having the computer to type class notes, assignments, even do math problems on made a GIANT difference in his frustration levels (and grades, lol) because he could then communicate ideas in a more satisfying way. Your school should be able to provide this technology, though you may have to ask or insist it be put in her IEP. Wiz' laptop was called an Alphasmart, though the name may have changed since then. If you google it you should find some current models so that you can see what you want to ask for. [/QUOTE]
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