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May 3 Chat Part 3 Robin1: teacher blames it all on his medications Melba19: do they catch up and can they stay there Curlywhirly: hi faith Learningmom_1bp11yo1: hi faith, welcome Melba19: hi faith Dr. Fristad: the mental age issue is complicated. Part of that may be the illness and part of it, possibly the treatment. Science hasn’t taught us enough about this yet. Crackerjack: Dr. F, one of the things I find challenging is when expectations have been adjusted to meet the level age, there still seems to be no willingness to change...over months to years, it’s as if they have a permanent blind spot to the need for any type of changes though there has been consistent, ongoing training and redirecting in the deficit area....comment or suggestions? ***faith is now known as faith1 Faith1: Hey there Dr. Fristad: getting your child to see “what’s in it for him/her”--their perspective on this is different than yours, but we can be confident they aren’t 100% happy with their development, either Curlywhirly: yes Crackerjack: I’m also talking about a child who has a dual dx of HFA so I realize change is akin to an attack Melba19: that is so true Dr. Fristad: yes, that adds a very particular wrinkle to the mix Curlywhirly: the one thing besides yelling that gets through to mr.18 is “a girl would not like it if you belched at the table” Robin1: yep the alphabet soup mix ugh ***mom2aspclboy has joined #Brainstorm Dr. Fristad: yes, one of my favorite interventions for middle school boys is to hire after school help from a college student--either an attractive female or a fun loving guy Faith1: Curlywhirly, how do find the time to monitor this???? Learningmom_1bp11yo1: mom2, hi!!!! Robin1: hi Scifinut: hi mom2 Mom2aspclboy: Lmom, hi! Mom2aspclboy: Hi robin and scifinut Melbal19: hi mom2 Robin1: Why is it that some bp children can hold it together at school and then come home and let loose? Curlywhirly: hi mom2 Mom2aspclboy: hi curly Dr. Fristad: think of a child’s worst fear--looking like an idiot in front of their peers... Robin1: yea Crackerjack: yes this is so true, that has been the challenge, getting him to recognize the need for change and there are times we find that magical picture for him and he “gets” why change is important but most of the time the honeymoon is very short-lived and he changes his mind and says that even though he knows it’s “really, really important” he just doesn’t want to put forth the effort even if Curlywhirly: ok folks, I think too many questions too fast will be a little overwhelming so let’s try to go one at a time. I am hoping to avoid turning on the moderation to slow things down Crackerjack: there’s something in it for him that he treasures greatly Dr. Fristad: when sxs are mild to moderate, this is a common event--it’s easier to understand if it is tics--the child who doesn’t tic all day at school then comes home and tics in his bedroom nonstop for 45 minutes.... Melba19: but how do you get that what goes on in school can affect the child when they get home because they never see this child act out there Robin1: right, mine is starting to show some behavior but it is usually when going to school Robin1: never in front of his peers but in front of his teachers
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