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<blockquote data-quote="tiredmommy" data-source="post: 61072" data-attributes="member: 1722"><p>I'll take these in order, lol!</p><p></p><p>1. While counseling can be valuable, the majority of us have found that effectively treating an underlying condition is necessary before an improvement is seen in behavior. Counseling can be especially helpful for parents who want to ensure the problem is not something that will respond to traditional parenting or behavior modification. One thing to keep in mind is that maternal depression has been linked to attachment problems in children, and also that psychiatric disorders like depression or bipolar are highly linked genetically.</p><p></p><p>2. She is probably referring you to a developmental pediatrician. Don't be surprised if you have a long wait for an appointment as they are in short supply. Again, most of our kids didn't respond well to strategies such as 1-2-3 Magic until an underlying condition was addressed.</p><p></p><p>3. Is there any way you can contact this new teacher to introduce them? It sounds like she dug a hole for herself last year and wants to avoid the difficulties she had. This could have something to do with a poor transition after the move, and holidays are traditionally very difficult for most of our kids. I'd suggest setting up a few meetings with the new teacher and see if there is some special task your daughter could take on to give her a sense of competency in the class. You may want to explain to the teacher that you are attempting to foster a strong relationship between the two of them so that this school year will be easier than the last. My Duckie found herself in a semi-adversarial role with her lead pre-k teacher. The only thing that got her through the school year was that the the other teacher in the classroom worked hard at building her up.</p><p></p><p>4. The fact that she's bossy will wear thin pretty quick. You'll want to address that before kindergarten or she may start to struggle socially. The only thing that helped my Duckie in this area was a little playground justice where she was left behind because she wasn't being "nice". Not pleasant, but it worked.</p><p></p><p>5. I'm glad there's no major problems with her brother, that can get very dicey when you have a difficult child & easy child.</p><p></p><p>6. My Duckie also suffered from reflux. She wasn't diagnosis'd with allergies until age four. Does your daughter have any sensory issues? A sensitive gag reflex? Problems with crowds, bright lights, noise, textures, or tastes? Most infant reflux is caused by an under-developed sphincter, there may have been other related delays or issues.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tiredmommy, post: 61072, member: 1722"] I'll take these in order, lol! 1. While counseling can be valuable, the majority of us have found that effectively treating an underlying condition is necessary before an improvement is seen in behavior. Counseling can be especially helpful for parents who want to ensure the problem is not something that will respond to traditional parenting or behavior modification. One thing to keep in mind is that maternal depression has been linked to attachment problems in children, and also that psychiatric disorders like depression or bipolar are highly linked genetically. 2. She is probably referring you to a developmental pediatrician. Don't be surprised if you have a long wait for an appointment as they are in short supply. Again, most of our kids didn't respond well to strategies such as 1-2-3 Magic until an underlying condition was addressed. 3. Is there any way you can contact this new teacher to introduce them? It sounds like she dug a hole for herself last year and wants to avoid the difficulties she had. This could have something to do with a poor transition after the move, and holidays are traditionally very difficult for most of our kids. I'd suggest setting up a few meetings with the new teacher and see if there is some special task your daughter could take on to give her a sense of competency in the class. You may want to explain to the teacher that you are attempting to foster a strong relationship between the two of them so that this school year will be easier than the last. My Duckie found herself in a semi-adversarial role with her lead pre-k teacher. The only thing that got her through the school year was that the the other teacher in the classroom worked hard at building her up. 4. The fact that she's bossy will wear thin pretty quick. You'll want to address that before kindergarten or she may start to struggle socially. The only thing that helped my Duckie in this area was a little playground justice where she was left behind because she wasn't being "nice". Not pleasant, but it worked. 5. I'm glad there's no major problems with her brother, that can get very dicey when you have a difficult child & easy child. 6. My Duckie also suffered from reflux. She wasn't diagnosis'd with allergies until age four. Does your daughter have any sensory issues? A sensitive gag reflex? Problems with crowds, bright lights, noise, textures, or tastes? Most infant reflux is caused by an under-developed sphincter, there may have been other related delays or issues. [/QUOTE]
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