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Things are starting to fall apart here....(kind of long)
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<blockquote data-quote="LittleDudesMom" data-source="post: 494727" data-attributes="member: 805"><p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I have a couple questions and comments.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><span style="font-size: 12px">First of all, anxiety was, and is now to a degree, 85% responsible for my difficult child's frustration which, if left unchecked or handled incorrectly, led to meltdowns, rages, and shutdowns. Anxiety is tough because it can present itself as noncompliance or defiance to the untrained or unknowing eye.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Most difficult children on this board experience anxiety and stress during the holidays, especially Christmas (my difficult child is so dared happy to get a break from school that he's never experienced holiday issues). It's tough to pinpoint, since the recent medication change, what is medication related and what is difficult child related with your daughter. I'm pretty confident though that the opening of gifts without the family is something she knew was inappropriate and I believe you were right to give consequences for that issue.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><span style="font-size: 12px">In regards to the assignment -- have they been walked through the outline, index card, and bibliography lessons in class? I can tell you that my difficult child would have definately needed parental involvement on that one! He's a high school sophomore and would still need some direction at home on that assignment!!!!!! My easy child, on the other hand, went to a very highly competitive and rigorous middle school and this was the type of work she was called to do on a regular basis. My son attends public school. No way could he have handled the academics without anxiety ruling the day!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I believe I would speak to the Special Education teacher on this one. What kind of modifications and/or accommodations does she have in her IEP for something like this? Obviously there are going to be times our difficult children are going to have to do school work that is uninteresting, but with anxiety an issue in this case, I would make the case for a change in subject matter.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Sharon</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LittleDudesMom, post: 494727, member: 805"] [FONT=comic sans ms][SIZE=3]I have a couple questions and comments. First of all, anxiety was, and is now to a degree, 85% responsible for my difficult child's frustration which, if left unchecked or handled incorrectly, led to meltdowns, rages, and shutdowns. Anxiety is tough because it can present itself as noncompliance or defiance to the untrained or unknowing eye. Most difficult children on this board experience anxiety and stress during the holidays, especially Christmas (my difficult child is so dared happy to get a break from school that he's never experienced holiday issues). It's tough to pinpoint, since the recent medication change, what is medication related and what is difficult child related with your daughter. I'm pretty confident though that the opening of gifts without the family is something she knew was inappropriate and I believe you were right to give consequences for that issue. In regards to the assignment -- have they been walked through the outline, index card, and bibliography lessons in class? I can tell you that my difficult child would have definately needed parental involvement on that one! He's a high school sophomore and would still need some direction at home on that assignment!!!!!! My easy child, on the other hand, went to a very highly competitive and rigorous middle school and this was the type of work she was called to do on a regular basis. My son attends public school. No way could he have handled the academics without anxiety ruling the day! I believe I would speak to the Special Education teacher on this one. What kind of modifications and/or accommodations does she have in her IEP for something like this? Obviously there are going to be times our difficult children are going to have to do school work that is uninteresting, but with anxiety an issue in this case, I would make the case for a change in subject matter. Sharon[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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