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Post by tiredmom on Oct 1, 2004 0:13:44 GMT -5
Hi everyone!  I'm mom to a sweet 4yo who can't sit still for 1 min. At perschool he has decided to knock kids over & even bit one boy.Most of his behavior is unprevoked. We decided to see a psychologist(at the urging of the school). What can I expect to hear?  TEXT |
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Post by catatonic on Oct 1, 2004 6:37:18 GMT -5
Hi tiredmom, and welcome. This is a wonderful place for support and advice, so we're glad you found us. If the process you go through at the psychologist is like what we went through when my Challenge Boy was 8, then the first thing you can expect is for your son to undergo some testing. Part of that testing will probably be filling out questionnaires -- parents and teachers will have to do this. Then there will be some psychological tests for your son. And the psychologist ought to take a detailed personal history of your son from you. From all of this he/she will form a diagnosis and then a treatment plan. Despite the fact that your son's difficulties at school appear to be behavioral/psychological in origin, I'd urge you to take him to his medical doctor as well. A number of easy to treat conditions can cause hyper behavior -- things like anemia or hyperthyroid. Finally , a recent large-scale study of pre-school age children found that artificial colors and other food additives made even the normal ones hyper. You might want to look at information on the Feingold diet at www.feingold.org This has been amazingly successful in controlling my son's acting-out type behaviors. And it's one of the few treatments that is entirely safe for a 4-year-old. |
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Post by finnmom on Oct 1, 2004 7:00:10 GMT -5
Hi Tiredmom and welcome to the forum I hope you´ll find this place as helpfull as I have(and other´s too). It´s good that you´ve shearched some help/answer´s to your son´s behaviour, better to do that now than later. Cat has already gave you some great advice´s, i agree that you should also talk to your pediatric about his behaviour to exlude all other possibilitie´s. Lot´s of good luck for you, shearch around and read, we have ton´sof good info in here. Welcome again  |
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Post by rosyred45 on Oct 1, 2004 7:41:52 GMT -5
Tiredmom, welcome home! We are glad you found us. You little boy sounds like mine did before we started Feingold. And Catatonic is right, it was amazing the difference in behavior. You will find a wealth of information here, there is a behavior section chock full of advice and help. Again welcome, satay as long as you want and ask anything if you have any questions Kaiti |
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Post by Linda on Oct 1, 2004 9:31:33 GMT -5
Hey tired mom....welcome!!!All of us were "wet behind the ears" in the beginning so we know where you are coming from!!
Go to your Doc. as suggested and remember we are here for you....Linda
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