To Grace Re:ERP (LONG)

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Hi nna,

Thanks for all the tips, it's good to know your daughter is doing

well and therapy helped. I think with my son one of the difficulties

is finding things to motivate him b/c he tends to be pretty solitary

and homebound and prefers it that way. He really does not like to

leave the house unless he has to. At home he sits only in " his "

recliner and likes it there. He 'd be perfectly satisfied there for

hours every day I think; reading sleeping, watching movies, drawing,

playing with clay and blowing bubbles. He also wants to stay there

when we do school work. I don't know if staying put so much is from

contamination fears or his preference for quiet and solitude,

probably both. However everyone must have something they want or that

motivates them-we probably just have to work a bit harder finding it

with him. It is good to hear that mom speaking for the child is ok,

since that is what I usually end up doing.

About writing, my son had stopped writing at all for school, and is

doing homebound tutoring. This has been frustrating b/c I have to

practically do all the work for him, since he does not write and will

avoid looking at at a textbook. (I also hate textbooks and what seems

like busywork). He says he cannot concentrate. Well, he was sick with

strep recently and his throat was so sore he could not talk at all. I

found out he can be very communicative in writing with a white board,

he even took it to the doctor's office. He can write big and erase

very easily (with a swipe of his sleeve). So I think I am now going

to utilize the white (write on/wipe off) board in his schooling, at

least until we can figure out whether to accomodate the not-writing

(on worksheets, notebooks etc) or try to boss it back (or maybe using

a white board is bossing back a bit). Maybe he can bring it to his

therapy appointments as well.

nancy grace

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> Grace,

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> You ask a tough question. With , she at first was too anxious

to

> do much of anything. I think the Zoloft helped just enough to get

her

> to at least listen.