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<blockquote data-quote="SRL" data-source="post: 16310" data-attributes="member: 701"><p>Hi Mightymouse. I'm glad you found us because I think we can help you. </p><p></p><p>We'll talk you through some things that hopefully will give you some relief but first this all sounds familiar enough to me that I am going to recommend you pursue a full multidisciplinary evaluation. There are experts who can tell what's going on at his age and it's a matter of finding them. </p><p></p><p>After a few questions I'm going to give you some links so you can do your homework. Please take these as starting points for research and not anything in the way of diagnosis because we're not qualified to do that. I have a son who was a precocious reader (age 2), who has a family history of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and who exhibited behavior difficulties very similar to what you are seeing (lots of no can win no matter what). </p><p></p><p>Any chance that your kiddo has any speech delays or displays speech that is somehow different than other kids? </p><p></p><p>How would you answer these questions about these play behaviors?</p><p></p><p>Does/did the child </p><p>a. Favor objects for play that arent typically used as toys by their peers (such as wheels, sticks, magnet letters, etc.)?</p><p>b. Seem fascinated or obsessed by objects/topics that arent typical for kids of their age (such as numbers, the alphabet, words, math, geography, mechanical things such as air conditioners or vacuum cleaners, things with motors, etc)?</p><p>c. Play differently with toys or household objects (such as spin them, line them up in straight lines, set them up in formations, etc.)?</p><p>d. Exhibit weak or unusual pretend play skills (such as acts out memorized scenes from books/films/TV/DVD instead of creating situations and dialogue, moves toy trains around but not pretend to be the engineer/go places/pick up passengers, arranges pretend people or action figures but not create imaginary situations with them or have them interact with each other, etc.)?</p><p>e. Display behaviors and/or routines that seem unusual or quirky?</p><p></p><p>What I would recommend in terms of handling him until you have some firm answers is to take the low road. Put aside those things that you think kids his age should be doing--those can wait. Take preventative steps to avoid meltdowns. If eating together inevitably leads to the bite game and a 30 minute tantrum then feed him at a different time or place. If getting him into a coat to run an errand is a sure fire battle then throw on a sweat shirt instead and dash into the store. What you want to do is to temporarily ease things on him (and you!) until you can involve professionals to help determine what is going on, and if so, what to do about it. See the thread at the top of this board about adapting The Explosive Child for younger kids for more help on this. </p><p></p><p>Hang in there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRL, post: 16310, member: 701"] Hi Mightymouse. I'm glad you found us because I think we can help you. We'll talk you through some things that hopefully will give you some relief but first this all sounds familiar enough to me that I am going to recommend you pursue a full multidisciplinary evaluation. There are experts who can tell what's going on at his age and it's a matter of finding them. After a few questions I'm going to give you some links so you can do your homework. Please take these as starting points for research and not anything in the way of diagnosis because we're not qualified to do that. I have a son who was a precocious reader (age 2), who has a family history of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and who exhibited behavior difficulties very similar to what you are seeing (lots of no can win no matter what). Any chance that your kiddo has any speech delays or displays speech that is somehow different than other kids? How would you answer these questions about these play behaviors? Does/did the child a. Favor objects for play that arent typically used as toys by their peers (such as wheels, sticks, magnet letters, etc.)? b. Seem fascinated or obsessed by objects/topics that arent typical for kids of their age (such as numbers, the alphabet, words, math, geography, mechanical things such as air conditioners or vacuum cleaners, things with motors, etc)? c. Play differently with toys or household objects (such as spin them, line them up in straight lines, set them up in formations, etc.)? d. Exhibit weak or unusual pretend play skills (such as acts out memorized scenes from books/films/TV/DVD instead of creating situations and dialogue, moves toy trains around but not pretend to be the engineer/go places/pick up passengers, arranges pretend people or action figures but not create imaginary situations with them or have them interact with each other, etc.)? e. Display behaviors and/or routines that seem unusual or quirky? What I would recommend in terms of handling him until you have some firm answers is to take the low road. Put aside those things that you think kids his age should be doing--those can wait. Take preventative steps to avoid meltdowns. If eating together inevitably leads to the bite game and a 30 minute tantrum then feed him at a different time or place. If getting him into a coat to run an errand is a sure fire battle then throw on a sweat shirt instead and dash into the store. What you want to do is to temporarily ease things on him (and you!) until you can involve professionals to help determine what is going on, and if so, what to do about it. See the thread at the top of this board about adapting The Explosive Child for younger kids for more help on this. Hang in there. [/QUOTE]
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