Re: 7 Year old with PDD and aggressive behavior

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I was thinking about you guys today and wondering how you are doing. I'm not sure about other types of disorders. I think is developing OCD and we are trying to get it under control. I do know that he will seem to be fine and then just lose it. If he has a great morning with me the chances of him having a bad day at school seem to increase. Bad mornings at home almost always lead to good days at school. It is so confusing... Hope you find some answers and let me know how it goes with the Dr.. Kellie

Subject: 7 Year old with PDD and aggressive behaviorTo: AutismBehaviorProblems Date: Friday, December 5, 2008, 11:40 PM

I have this book I've been reading called "The Bipolar Child". My sonhas never been diagnosed this. His most recent diagnosis is PDD. We've been having such problems with him at school. Hitting and usingbad language mostly. Nothing that the teachers/behavioris t seem totry works with him. Is this typical of kids with PDD? I'm thinkingit's more than that...more like a mood disorder. He will have a fewgreat hours and then out of the blue just hit his teacher for noapparent reason. I'm just trying to get info. so if anyone couldrelate to anything that has to do with this subject please let meknow. I know there's lots more to Bipolar and all these disorders I'mjust trying to sort it all out. Thank you so much. We have an appt.with the psychiatrist Mon. night and I'd like to gather all my info.

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Hi ,

My son has PDD also. He is 7 and last year started to get very aggressive at school and at home. We started him on Methyl B-12 shots and some supplements, as well as epsom salt baths and he's been very calm and much less aggressive. We took him to our ped. neurologist and he suggested Risperadal, but I wanted to try everything else first and use that as a last resort. I'm really glad I did. I hope you're able to find a solution that works for you too.

Subject: 7 Year old with PDD and aggressive behaviorTo: AutismBehaviorProblems Date: Friday, December 5, 2008, 5:40 PM

I have this book I've been reading called "The Bipolar Child". My sonhas never been diagnosed this. His most recent diagnosis is PDD. We've been having such problems with him at school. Hitting and usingbad language mostly. Nothing that the teachers/behavioris t seem totry works with him. Is this typical of kids with PDD? I'm thinkingit's more than that...more like a mood disorder. He will have a fewgreat hours and then out of the blue just hit his teacher for noapparent reason. I'm just trying to get info. so if anyone couldrelate to anything that has to do with this subject please let meknow. I know there's lots more to Bipolar and all these disorders I'mjust trying to sort it all out. Thank you so much. We have an appt.with the psychiatrist Mon. night and I'd like to gather all my info.

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Hi Kellie, Well once again I have to say that and Josh sound so

much alike. I swear I've said the same thing about my son. I would

say that if he had a good outburst before school he'd usually be

really good at school. It was weird, like he needed at least one good

tantrum a day. Although it did start to change and now it seems he's

pretty good for 1/2 the day at school and then the other 1/2 he's

terrible. Sometimes it's the morning that is good, sometimes it's the

afternoon. Never any routine to his behavior. He'll just act up

right out of the blue for no apparent reason.

-- In AutismBehaviorProblems , Kellie Folkerts

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>   I was thinking about you guys today and wondering how you are

doing.  I'm not sure about other types of disorders.  I think is

developing OCD and we are trying to get it under control.  I do know

that he will seem to be fine and then just lose it.  If he has a great

morning with me the chances of him having a bad day at school seem to

increase.  Bad mornings at home almost always lead to good days at

school.  It is so confusing...  Hope you find some answers and let me

know how it goes with the Dr..   Kellie

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> Subject: 7 Year old with PDD and aggressive behavior

> To: AutismBehaviorProblems

> Date: Friday, December 5, 2008, 11:40 PM

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> I have this book I've been reading called " The Bipolar Child " . My son

> has never been diagnosed this. His most recent diagnosis is PDD.

> We've been having such problems with him at school. Hitting and using

> bad language mostly. Nothing that the teachers/behavioris t seem to

> try works with him. Is this typical of kids with PDD? I'm thinking

> it's more than that...more like a mood disorder. He will have a few

> great hours and then out of the blue just hit his teacher for no

> apparent reason. I'm just trying to get info. so if anyone could

> relate to anything that has to do with this subject please let me

> know. I know there's lots more to Bipolar and all these disorders I'm

> just trying to sort it all out. Thank you so much. We have an appt.

> with the psychiatrist Mon. night and I'd like to gather all my info.

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My 6yo grandson has the same problem and it is so confusing. He will

have days where he does beautifully and then other days where he is

just out of control. I've always attributed it to things in the

classroom aggitating him and his not knowing how to deal with it

appropriatly? The other thing that is difficult is that anytime some

one comes into the classroom to observe him he is somehow aware of it

and will behave very appropriatly! Which shows he can do it....but

why he doesn't behave well all the time I don't know......

Barb

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> > From: shouttothenorth2 <gardendaisy1@>

> > Subject: 7 Year old with PDD and aggressive behavior

> > To: AutismBehaviorProblems

> > Date: Friday, December 5, 2008, 11:40 PM

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> > I have this book I've been reading called " The Bipolar Child " . My

son

> > has never been diagnosed this. His most recent diagnosis is PDD.

> > We've been having such problems with him at school. Hitting and

using

> > bad language mostly. Nothing that the teachers/behavioris t seem

to

> > try works with him. Is this typical of kids with PDD? I'm thinking

> > it's more than that...more like a mood disorder. He will have a

few

> > great hours and then out of the blue just hit his teacher for no

> > apparent reason. I'm just trying to get info. so if anyone could

> > relate to anything that has to do with this subject please let me

> > know. I know there's lots more to Bipolar and all these disorders

I'm

> > just trying to sort it all out. Thank you so much. We have an

appt.

> > with the psychiatrist Mon. night and I'd like to gather all my

info.

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It always seems to be the case when visitors ar ein the class observing that everyone is perfect...our psychologist at our school always jokes with us that she is going to get us a life sized cutout of herself to put in our class..lol...not that this is always the case but a student in my class who has a great deal of behaviour seems to enjoy the negative attention for this type of behaviour. He is very high functioning and verbal and loves to have people tell on him for bad things he does and will often do things on purpose for the attention. He gets lots of positive attention as well so its not like he is happy with any attention - when talking with him about all the good things he does for example he will keep mentioning all the bad things that happened. We started a happy chart for him this past month where we write down all the good things we see (as

specifically as we can) and he loves it - our goal is to get at least 10 comments each day - He is like a different child - no meds - just seems to have soo much more self confidence and I think he understands what we want him to do. He is a much happier kid too.

not sure if this is whats going on with your child or not

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What a great idea. There is nothing like looking at the good things you have done to make you feel more confident and to motivate you to do more. I'm going to mention this to my sons aide and teacher. Thanks, Kellie

Subject: Re: 7 Year old with PDD and aggressive behaviorTo: AutismBehaviorProblems Date: Tuesday, December 9, 2008, 2:45 AM

It always seems to be the case when visitors ar ein the class observing that everyone is perfect...our psychologist at our school always jokes with us that she is going to get us a life sized cutout of herself to put in our class..lol.. .not that this is always the case but a student in my class who has a great deal of behaviour seems to enjoy the negative attention for this type of behaviour. He is very high functioning and verbal and loves to have people tell on him for bad things he does and will often do things on purpose for the attention. He gets lots of positive attention as well so its not like he is happy with any attention - when talking with him about all the good things he does for example he will keep mentioning all the bad things that happened. We started a happy chart for him this past month where we write down all the good things we see (as specifically as we can) and he loves it - our goal is to get at least 10 comments each day -

He is like a different child - no meds - just seems to have soo much more self confidence and I think he understands what we want him to do. He is a much happier kid too.

not sure if this is whats going on with your child or not

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wow. maybe that's what I need to do at homework time. really. That is our BIGGEST problem with Noah is homework. At least most of the time..."Leah @ LDS" wrote: Hi, someone told me recently they'd gone to a seminar about the "spirited" child and in the seminar it said that some kids can't go from a 1 to a 3 and then come down to a 1 again, they are unable to come down until they have gone all the way up to a 5. this made so much sense to me, as I think I am that way. If i'm mad, it helps if I'm able to swear and be a dumbass swearing in the laundry room alone for a minute, then I CAN come down.. If I try to work thru it, it doesn't work as well. I notice this in my son now. Perhaps that can help someone. "Everything should be made as simple as possible but not simpler" - Albert Einstein

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> Hi, someone told me recently they'd gone to a seminar about

> the " spirited " child and in the seminar it said that some kids can't

> go from a 1 to a 3 and then come down to a 1 again, they are unable

> to come down until they have gone all the way up to a 5.

That's like me. Awhile back my brother and I made a deal that I'd

borrow his Pokemon cards for a day, and just as he was getting on the

bus he changed his mind and took them with him. I had no time to argue

with him about it. I got extremely distraught and wailed and cried for

quite awhile, then distracted myself with fun activities the rest of

the day, then had a bit of an argument with him over the subject that

evening and then some minor unrelated thing caused a full-blown

meltdown.

I'd say that day I went up to about a 4 when my brother left on the

bus, went down to 2 the rest of the day, stayed at 2-3 while arguing

about it after he got back and then went up to 5 soon after, then got

back to 1. I couldn't get all the way to 1 until I'd had my meltdown.

By the way, this is why just walking away to calm down during an

argument doesn't work. I'll stay upset the entire time. Also, I need to

let my feelings out and if I supress them for a little bit they stay

partially supressed when I try to deal with the issue, and then burst

out about something else.

Ettina

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> It always seems to be the case when visitors are in the class

> observing that everyone is perfect...

My father, who is a computer support person, says sometimes it seems

like he just walks into the room and the computer immediately starts

working.

Of course, it's easier to explain the visitors in class affecting the

children's behavior - they are on their best behavior to impress that

person. (Or the teacher is on *her* best behavior.)

Ettina

[Guest guest]

Hi, someone told me recently they'd gone to a seminar about the "spirited" child and in the seminar it said that some kids can't go from a 1 to a 3 and then come down to a 1 again, they are unable to come down until they have gone all the way up to a 5.

this made so much sense to me, as I think I am that way. If i'm mad, it helps if I'm able to swear and be a dumbass swearing in the laundry room alone for a minute, then I CAN come down.. If I try to work thru it, it doesn't work as well.

I notice this in my son now. Perhaps that can help someone.