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<blockquote data-quote="TeDo" data-source="post: 441903"><p>That all sounds sooo Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Here's how a conversation went with difficult child yesterday when he had an issue at Occupational Therapist (OT). The Occupational Therapist (OT) was trying to get him to hold a "body brush" while he did some things on a swing. He became upset and threw the brush then came and sat by me and wanted to go home. I asked "What's the matter?" His first response was "Holding the brush makes me dizzy" (she was slowly spinning him on a platform swing). I patiently asked "What does a brush in your hand have to do with your head feeling dizzy?" He then said that he has to cover his eyes while he's spinning so he doesn't get dizzy and he can't do that with the brush in his hands. I told him he could try covering his eye with the back of that hand. Then he BLURTED out "I hate that brush! It's not like the one we have. This one is oval and has a handle on it. Ours is a recangle and doesn't have a handle." The Occupational Therapist (OT) gave him a rectangular brush and he went back without any further complaints. As you can see, he couldn't pinpoint the problem right away but with some "digging" into his thinking and solutions to the issues he did identify, we eventually got to the root of the problem and was able to solve it easily. Because of his Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), he has a hard time identifying what is causing the anxiety and then putting it into words also becomes an issue. I used to dismiss his "excuses" and try to force him to comply. That is why I said gentle questioning because his "thinking pattern" is very different from mine sometimes but is not necessarily wrong. We work together to solve the problems. You might want to pick up the books "The Explosive Child" and "What Your Explosive Child Is Trying To Tell You". That is where I learned to do this and how to look at things differently.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TeDo, post: 441903"] That all sounds sooo Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Here's how a conversation went with difficult child yesterday when he had an issue at Occupational Therapist (OT). The Occupational Therapist (OT) was trying to get him to hold a "body brush" while he did some things on a swing. He became upset and threw the brush then came and sat by me and wanted to go home. I asked "What's the matter?" His first response was "Holding the brush makes me dizzy" (she was slowly spinning him on a platform swing). I patiently asked "What does a brush in your hand have to do with your head feeling dizzy?" He then said that he has to cover his eyes while he's spinning so he doesn't get dizzy and he can't do that with the brush in his hands. I told him he could try covering his eye with the back of that hand. Then he BLURTED out "I hate that brush! It's not like the one we have. This one is oval and has a handle on it. Ours is a recangle and doesn't have a handle." The Occupational Therapist (OT) gave him a rectangular brush and he went back without any further complaints. As you can see, he couldn't pinpoint the problem right away but with some "digging" into his thinking and solutions to the issues he did identify, we eventually got to the root of the problem and was able to solve it easily. Because of his Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), he has a hard time identifying what is causing the anxiety and then putting it into words also becomes an issue. I used to dismiss his "excuses" and try to force him to comply. That is why I said gentle questioning because his "thinking pattern" is very different from mine sometimes but is not necessarily wrong. We work together to solve the problems. You might want to pick up the books "The Explosive Child" and "What Your Explosive Child Is Trying To Tell You". That is where I learned to do this and how to look at things differently. [/QUOTE]
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