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<blockquote data-quote="tiredmommy" data-source="post: 113423" data-attributes="member: 1722"><p>My Duckie does this also. She winds up tighter and tighter. Unfortunately, what starts starts out happy and goofy usually will quickly change to angry and difficult as she starts to spin out of control. What's worse is that I'm a trigger for Duckie's outbursts and I'm the Sunday School teacher. The only thing that seems to work is that the other teacher and I swap difficult children (her granddaughter has a wicked case of adhd) and we act as 1:1's for these two kids. Sometimes, like during our Christmas presentation, we had one adult for Duckie, one for S, and a third adult for all the other kids. </p><p>The only other thing I do is go over what is going to happen and what is expected from her. Ex: "We will be rehearsing our presentation today in the sanctuary. Please remember to behave respectfully there because that is where we gather together to worship. We will be doing a final run through of the script. You will be with Mrs R as you have several readings and she is in charge of the readers. We will practice the carols between readings, J will play piano for this. I will be with Mrs B, helping to direct the non-readers while they place the decorations. I need for you to stay calm and focused as we do this, as we only have about 45 minutes before J needs to rehearse with choir. We have a lot to do in a short period of time. Please no yelling, running or being disruptive during the rehearsal or service." </p><p>Very detailed. I also tell her that there's a chance things might change but I need her to go with the flow. Luckily, it works when she has another adult looking out for her.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tiredmommy, post: 113423, member: 1722"] My Duckie does this also. She winds up tighter and tighter. Unfortunately, what starts starts out happy and goofy usually will quickly change to angry and difficult as she starts to spin out of control. What's worse is that I'm a trigger for Duckie's outbursts and I'm the Sunday School teacher. The only thing that seems to work is that the other teacher and I swap difficult children (her granddaughter has a wicked case of adhd) and we act as 1:1's for these two kids. Sometimes, like during our Christmas presentation, we had one adult for Duckie, one for S, and a third adult for all the other kids. The only other thing I do is go over what is going to happen and what is expected from her. Ex: "We will be rehearsing our presentation today in the sanctuary. Please remember to behave respectfully there because that is where we gather together to worship. We will be doing a final run through of the script. You will be with Mrs R as you have several readings and she is in charge of the readers. We will practice the carols between readings, J will play piano for this. I will be with Mrs B, helping to direct the non-readers while they place the decorations. I need for you to stay calm and focused as we do this, as we only have about 45 minutes before J needs to rehearse with choir. We have a lot to do in a short period of time. Please no yelling, running or being disruptive during the rehearsal or service." Very detailed. I also tell her that there's a chance things might change but I need her to go with the flow. Luckily, it works when she has another adult looking out for her. [/QUOTE]
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