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<blockquote data-quote="DaisyFace" data-source="post: 527497" data-attributes="member: 6546"><p>Hello and welcome!</p><p></p><p>I just had to LOL at the teachers describing her as a "natural born leader" - that's just code for "bossy". (As you can tell, I'm the parent of a "natural born leader" myself!)</p><p></p><p>OK - so there is clearly something going on. She seems clueless about the social clues from others and is constantly invading their personal space, it also sounds like there are some impulse control issues. Neither of these is something you can really discpline for - the first because she has no idea what you are talking about and the second because she doesn't have a "brake" in her head that kicks in when it should....by the time she knows that she wants to do something - she has already gone and done it before there was even <em>time</em> to think about possible consequences.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I think it's going to be important to rule out auditory processing issues, as well. Even though her ears are probably fine - the brain may not actually be processsing all the sounds correctly. A soccer field is a noisy, chaotic place - she may be genuinely unable to distinguish the sound of the coach speaking from the noise of the game. And by the time she is grabbed and forced to turn around to look at the speaker, the speaker is probably aggravated with her - and so your daughter responds angrily at the aggravated tone.</p><p></p><p>So I agree with the others who are advising you to look into some testing. Once you get an idea of where the problems are - it will help point you in the correct direction for making positive changes.</p><p></p><p>Good luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaisyFace, post: 527497, member: 6546"] Hello and welcome! I just had to LOL at the teachers describing her as a "natural born leader" - that's just code for "bossy". (As you can tell, I'm the parent of a "natural born leader" myself!) OK - so there is clearly something going on. She seems clueless about the social clues from others and is constantly invading their personal space, it also sounds like there are some impulse control issues. Neither of these is something you can really discpline for - the first because she has no idea what you are talking about and the second because she doesn't have a "brake" in her head that kicks in when it should....by the time she knows that she wants to do something - she has already gone and done it before there was even [I]time[/I] to think about possible consequences. I think it's going to be important to rule out auditory processing issues, as well. Even though her ears are probably fine - the brain may not actually be processsing all the sounds correctly. A soccer field is a noisy, chaotic place - she may be genuinely unable to distinguish the sound of the coach speaking from the noise of the game. And by the time she is grabbed and forced to turn around to look at the speaker, the speaker is probably aggravated with her - and so your daughter responds angrily at the aggravated tone. So I agree with the others who are advising you to look into some testing. Once you get an idea of where the problems are - it will help point you in the correct direction for making positive changes. Good luck! [/QUOTE]
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