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<blockquote data-quote="Shari" data-source="post: 173293" data-attributes="member: 1848"><p>Bt explained it to difficult child like this...</p><p> </p><p>There are 3 parts of your brain. The first part (pointing to the base of her skull) is the part that doesn't think. It just makes you do things. Like running away or fighting when you are angry. The second part (pointing to the middle of the back of her head) makes you happy or sad. The third part (pointing to the top) is where you make choices.</p><p> </p><p>Then she asked if he knew what had to happen to make the third part work, and explained the third part needs LOTS of oxygen to make it work, so when he feels like he should run or fight, he has to BREATH, big deep breathes like he's smelling yummy pizza.</p><p> </p><p>We have yet to actually get from fight-or-flight to logic completely, but she's been giving him this speil for a year, and it IS sinking in. About half the time I can get him to attempt to breath and move past the issue. Just in the past couple of weeks, he has shared this "calming" technique with other kids in his class. I think its getting somewhere with him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shari, post: 173293, member: 1848"] Bt explained it to difficult child like this... There are 3 parts of your brain. The first part (pointing to the base of her skull) is the part that doesn't think. It just makes you do things. Like running away or fighting when you are angry. The second part (pointing to the middle of the back of her head) makes you happy or sad. The third part (pointing to the top) is where you make choices. Then she asked if he knew what had to happen to make the third part work, and explained the third part needs LOTS of oxygen to make it work, so when he feels like he should run or fight, he has to BREATH, big deep breathes like he's smelling yummy pizza. We have yet to actually get from fight-or-flight to logic completely, but she's been giving him this speil for a year, and it IS sinking in. About half the time I can get him to attempt to breath and move past the issue. Just in the past couple of weeks, he has shared this "calming" technique with other kids in his class. I think its getting somewhere with him. [/QUOTE]
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