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Other parents/friends of mine do not understand my child.... HELP PLZ
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<blockquote data-quote="Elsi" data-source="post: 743995" data-attributes="member: 23349"><p>A couple other thoughts:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Read fiction with her and talk about the characters’ emotions, reactions and behaviors. Help her understand the emotions and reasons that might be behind a characters behavior. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Talk about your own emotions. Say (calmly) ‘I am feeling angry right now because ...” and model how you deal with that anger. Also name and model positive emotions. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Help her identify and talk about her own emotions. When she’s having a meltdown, that is not the time to discipline. She needs to be calm first. Help her identify what she is feeling (I am feeling really angry right now...or I am feeling overwhelmed, scared, frustrated, hurt, etc.) and find ways to redirect that emotion and calm herself in the midst of a meltdown.</li> </ul><p>She needs to develop her emotional vocabulary and learn more productive ways of dealing with powerful emotions. Perhaps she needs to learn how to remove herself from a situation and practice calming behaviors. She may need to learn to say to a friend ‘I am really upset right now and can’t talk. I am going away for ten minutes and then we can talk’ before she says something hurtful. Give her tools and strategies for dealing with those strong emotions that engulf her.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Elsi, post: 743995, member: 23349"] A couple other thoughts: [LIST] [*]Read fiction with her and talk about the characters’ emotions, reactions and behaviors. Help her understand the emotions and reasons that might be behind a characters behavior. [*]Talk about your own emotions. Say (calmly) ‘I am feeling angry right now because ...” and model how you deal with that anger. Also name and model positive emotions. [*]Help her identify and talk about her own emotions. When she’s having a meltdown, that is not the time to discipline. She needs to be calm first. Help her identify what she is feeling (I am feeling really angry right now...or I am feeling overwhelmed, scared, frustrated, hurt, etc.) and find ways to redirect that emotion and calm herself in the midst of a meltdown. [/LIST] She needs to develop her emotional vocabulary and learn more productive ways of dealing with powerful emotions. Perhaps she needs to learn how to remove herself from a situation and practice calming behaviors. She may need to learn to say to a friend ‘I am really upset right now and can’t talk. I am going away for ten minutes and then we can talk’ before she says something hurtful. Give her tools and strategies for dealing with those strong emotions that engulf her. [/QUOTE]
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