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Telling difficult child about "gifts"?
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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 523072" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>I would not share a diagnosis such as ODD. Mostly because it doesn't provide anything positive on any front.</p><p></p><p>ADHD - sure. Our kids knew their dxes from the time they got the diagnosis... medications were involved as well. But we told them about the positives as well as the negatives (yes, ADHD has positives). Both were relieved by knowing - they knew they were different but not stupid, and the diagnosis reinforced that for them.</p><p></p><p>Other dxes, we've shared only when we wholeheartedly agreed with the diagnosis. Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD). Auditory Processing Disorders (APD). Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Even Anxiety (Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)). But never ODD, or depression. The depression wasnt' severe enough for difficult child to really understand.</p><p></p><p>If difficult child is different, <u><em>and knows that deep inside</em></u>, then NOT sharing the diagnosis makes it more likely to compound add-on problems (like anxiety, depression, and behavior problems). Some kids are too young, some dxes are "possible" but not confirmed... not all situations are black-and-white.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 523072, member: 11791"] I would not share a diagnosis such as ODD. Mostly because it doesn't provide anything positive on any front. ADHD - sure. Our kids knew their dxes from the time they got the diagnosis... medications were involved as well. But we told them about the positives as well as the negatives (yes, ADHD has positives). Both were relieved by knowing - they knew they were different but not stupid, and the diagnosis reinforced that for them. Other dxes, we've shared only when we wholeheartedly agreed with the diagnosis. Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD). Auditory Processing Disorders (APD). Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Even Anxiety (Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)). But never ODD, or depression. The depression wasnt' severe enough for difficult child to really understand. If difficult child is different, [U][I]and knows that deep inside[/I][/U], then NOT sharing the diagnosis makes it more likely to compound add-on problems (like anxiety, depression, and behavior problems). Some kids are too young, some dxes are "possible" but not confirmed... not all situations are black-and-white. [/QUOTE]
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