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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 448061" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>He's 4. If he has severe Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD), he may have serious communication issues... which can lead to serious behavior issues.</p><p>NOT that Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD) would be the only explanation - there's probably several layers going on here - but don't be so fast to discount the Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD) and its effects.</p><p></p><p>Executive functions are probably an issue (inhibit, for one...!) - from there, who knows what else.</p><p></p><p>You're on the right track with audiologist and psychiatric evaluation coming down the pipe... sounds like the real challenge is how to survive the next month or so.</p><p>For starters - bounce stuff off the rest of us. It helps so much to know you're not alone in this.</p><p>Find ways to take mini-breaks - the "hot bubble-bath after the kids are sleeping" is one trick some of us use, for example - a slice of time that is <u>just for you</u> - no reading up on difficult child problems, no cleaning the house... do <u>something</u> for yourself, every day if you can.</p><p>Start a "parent report" (see site resources). You're going to need the info anyway (esp. for psychiatric evaluation), and it gives you a way to get the history out of your head and onto paper - otherwise, it rattles around in your head, and you try so hard to not forget... but it drives you insane trying to keep track of it all (been there done that... that's why they call me insane...)</p><p>Look for patterns in behavior... for example, is sleep consistently good? consistently bad? or variable? Is he worse or better: in the morning, at night, at home, out in public, after a noisy event, after being out later than usual, etc...</p><p>The more you can start taking control of "information" about the situation, the less the situation will be in direct control of you.</p><p></p><p>Grab a knot. Hang on. Its "just" another 4 weeks or so... (spoken by one who's trying to make the next 4 weeks last 4 months, so we have time to solve some issues before school starts...)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 448061, member: 11791"] He's 4. If he has severe Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD), he may have serious communication issues... which can lead to serious behavior issues. NOT that Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD) would be the only explanation - there's probably several layers going on here - but don't be so fast to discount the Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD) and its effects. Executive functions are probably an issue (inhibit, for one...!) - from there, who knows what else. You're on the right track with audiologist and psychiatric evaluation coming down the pipe... sounds like the real challenge is how to survive the next month or so. For starters - bounce stuff off the rest of us. It helps so much to know you're not alone in this. Find ways to take mini-breaks - the "hot bubble-bath after the kids are sleeping" is one trick some of us use, for example - a slice of time that is [U]just for you[/U] - no reading up on difficult child problems, no cleaning the house... do [U]something[/U] for yourself, every day if you can. Start a "parent report" (see site resources). You're going to need the info anyway (esp. for psychiatric evaluation), and it gives you a way to get the history out of your head and onto paper - otherwise, it rattles around in your head, and you try so hard to not forget... but it drives you insane trying to keep track of it all (been there done that... that's why they call me insane...) Look for patterns in behavior... for example, is sleep consistently good? consistently bad? or variable? Is he worse or better: in the morning, at night, at home, out in public, after a noisy event, after being out later than usual, etc... The more you can start taking control of "information" about the situation, the less the situation will be in direct control of you. Grab a knot. Hang on. Its "just" another 4 weeks or so... (spoken by one who's trying to make the next 4 weeks last 4 months, so we have time to solve some issues before school starts...) [/QUOTE]
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