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TURNERS SYNDROME and Behavioral Disorders?
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<blockquote data-quote="1 Day At a Time" data-source="post: 252673" data-attributes="member: 3704"><p>tekepunch,</p><p></p><p>I don't have any experience with children your daughter's age with Turners Syndrome, but I do have a good bit of experience working with older adolescents with Turners Syndrome. It does sound to me that you are dealing with some behaviors that may not necessarily be tied to the Turners Syndrome. Is something at school causing her a lot of anxiety? Is she possibly being teased or bullied at school? The physical hallmarks of Turners Syndrome can be quite obvious , and I wonder if she isn't struggling with that.Other children can be very cruel, especially when confronted with things that they don't understand. I can say that "The Explosive Child" has worked so well for us, I wish I had discovered it years ago! I highly recommend it. Using the "basket system" recommended in the book may help you sort out some of these behaviors.</p><p></p><p>I worked with a couple of lovely young women with Turners Syndrome in a vocational program. They had the obvious physical manifestations, but they both had the most delightful personalities. They were sunny, happy, friendly, and most talkative. The good news is that they adjusted quite well to their work settings and were very popular with their co-workers (adults are so much more accepting than children). I placed one in a job at the IRS, and one humorous situation developed there. We supplied a job coach for the young lady and on the first day on the job they both were invited to have lunch with the director of the 800+ employee center. Several days later, the director called me. She said, we love our new employee - but every day at lunch time she comes to my office to have lunch with me! She needed me to tell her how to handle her "new friend". The young lady just didn't get that subtle understanding that the chief officer wouldn't have lunch with her every day.... you can be sure that the job coach spent a lot of time later working with her on "social distinctions"... and she did, with great success.</p><p></p><p>I hope that you can find out what is causing your daughter such difficulty, and that it is a situation that can soon be modified.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1 Day At a Time, post: 252673, member: 3704"] tekepunch, I don't have any experience with children your daughter's age with Turners Syndrome, but I do have a good bit of experience working with older adolescents with Turners Syndrome. It does sound to me that you are dealing with some behaviors that may not necessarily be tied to the Turners Syndrome. Is something at school causing her a lot of anxiety? Is she possibly being teased or bullied at school? The physical hallmarks of Turners Syndrome can be quite obvious , and I wonder if she isn't struggling with that.Other children can be very cruel, especially when confronted with things that they don't understand. I can say that "The Explosive Child" has worked so well for us, I wish I had discovered it years ago! I highly recommend it. Using the "basket system" recommended in the book may help you sort out some of these behaviors. I worked with a couple of lovely young women with Turners Syndrome in a vocational program. They had the obvious physical manifestations, but they both had the most delightful personalities. They were sunny, happy, friendly, and most talkative. The good news is that they adjusted quite well to their work settings and were very popular with their co-workers (adults are so much more accepting than children). I placed one in a job at the IRS, and one humorous situation developed there. We supplied a job coach for the young lady and on the first day on the job they both were invited to have lunch with the director of the 800+ employee center. Several days later, the director called me. She said, we love our new employee - but every day at lunch time she comes to my office to have lunch with me! She needed me to tell her how to handle her "new friend". The young lady just didn't get that subtle understanding that the chief officer wouldn't have lunch with her every day.... you can be sure that the job coach spent a lot of time later working with her on "social distinctions"... and she did, with great success. I hope that you can find out what is causing your daughter such difficulty, and that it is a situation that can soon be modified. [/QUOTE]
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