Guest guest Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 As a person who had and outgrew those behaviors, I'd be glad to assure things WILL get better! Feel free to write me, please. sharisajoy@... > > Hello, I would love for someone to be able to tell me everything will > get easier!!! My daughter Haley is 8yrs. very very impulsive...hands > never stop touching, grabbing everything in her view, we have to keep > everything out of reach and all doors locked, she will get into > everything. Does not play with anything of hers, always hitting or > pushing us. Can't sit at all!, always on the go. Thanks for reading > > Ronda > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 > > Hi, > > I am new to the group. I have a 5 year old daughter with autism. > Right now, I am in a mad panic to make sure she is prepared for > kindergarten in the fall. I would love any advice! > > Thanks, > Hi ... where are you located? Bre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 > > Hi, > > I am new to the group. I have a 5 year old daughter with autism. > Right now, I am in a mad panic to make sure she is prepared for > kindergarten in the fall. I would love any advice! > > Thanks, > Hi ... where are you located? Bre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 Hi Jan, welcome!! At age 10, got to wonder if some puberty/hormones are picking up and maybe causing an increase. Don't know if there is scientific evidence about that, but it's often been a topic here. Family counseling - if he receives therapy from an experienced OCD therapist, then they should include you/family as to the best way to help him, how to respond at home, what " OCD homework " he has to do, etc. He would still see the therapist alone, but they should take some time with you too included at some appointments or at the end of some. A good therapist will. (said since it can be hard to find a good therapist or one who understands OCD treatment!) Books - " Freeing Your Child From OCD " for parents, by Tamar Chansky is a favorite for many. You can certainly try therapy alone, no meds. See how well it is working that way. Many can find medication helpful so that their child participates better in therapy, lessens the OCD/anxiety enough to. Although sometimes medication helps so much, there doesn't seem any OCD left to work on in therapy. Yes, the need to confess also happens often with many. I didn't realize " reassurance questions " could be part of OCD either. My son's OCD began in 6th grade, he's 23 now. When he young, elementary school, he would ask me questions over & over (drove me a little insane, irritated); for him it was questions like " will this give me cancer? " (referring to a food/ingredient), or " how long until this heals? " (reference to cut/scratch), " what is this? " (referring to mark/blemish on skin); and feeling EVERY little thing his body could and wondering if it was cancer or his chest hurting or stomach or.... And answer him once and he'd be back in 5 or 10 or 15 minutes to ask again; then back again.... So back then I was " irritated " and after OCD began around age 11.5 and I joined this group I saw the term " reassurance questions " and said " that was HIM! " There are different ways to work on the confessions, don't recall if any recent posts talked about any? Once you and child have identified the confessing as OCD (so they understand), you can work on limiting how many times a day or hour they can do it; go over how many times you will respond/answer and what your answers after that will be if they keep on; if they write, make a " confession box " and have little slips of paper to write them on, put in the box and can get some out later at a set time to pick out a few to " confess " to you.... Just some of the ways. You can't expect it to stop at once, so you're looking for steps, enough to give them a little success and then make it slightly harder, etc. Some quick thoughts (and typing so excuse any errors!) Glad you found our group! > > Hi Everyone, > I'm Jan and I have a 10 year son, . He was just recently diagnosed with Tourettes. He also has been diagnosed with ADHD, OCD, and Dyslexia. I have not yet tried any meds with him since the end of his 2nd grade year (he would be in 5th grade now) because he had some Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2012 Report Share Posted June 23, 2012 Hello, I am new to the group. My daughter who will be 8 soon was diagnosed a year and a half ago with OCD. Looking back can see it as far back as 2yrs old. Now that I am beginning to understand what OCD is, so many things make sense. . I found a good book on parenting my child with OCD. Still searching for a good match in a therapist for her. She has seen a child play therapist for her OCD off and on for about 18mo. However, she will not follow his direction. Thus, I end up doing most of his job. So, looking for someone she will listen to and follow through as best she can on. We had a huge breakthrough this week. She finally was able to say she has OCD, I read her some stories last week about what OCD is and tried explaining it on her level for sometime. It was so heartbreaking to me that she refused to even listen to me about it. Now that she has realized it we can start talking more about CBT skills and learning how to deal with her OCD needs. I know tomorrow she may go back to " not believing she has it " . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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