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<blockquote data-quote="pattyb" data-source="post: 505358" data-attributes="member: 13784"><p>Thanks again for your very thoughtful responses! The behavior analyst is through the health system where we had the first autism evaluation-they mostly work with kids with autism, but she has worked with a few kids with a bipolar diagnosis, though they were a little bit older. I think they do a lot of ABA. Is that a good idea for a child with mood disorder, if that is the right diagnosis? We will see what she has in mind before we do anything different. It is important we are all on same page - everyone seems to have diff opinions re: how to handle meltdowns. We've been doing time outs and it clearly does not work for him. She said the behavior plan would not involve time-outs and would be based in positive reinforcement. We'll see. I will look into the other books you all mentioned. We have the Explosive Child but not the other one. The neuropsychologist's main recommendation re: intervention was the CPS technique, just has been difficult to use in some ways since he doesn't like to talk about it. I definitely want to do what it takes to understand what he is struggling with that causes him to have such extreme reactions.</p><p></p><p>He's not in speech therapy anymore as he met all of his goals (he was there for receptive language delay-mild) but we are trying to get back in because I think it benefited him in other ways - I mean they worked on social skills too like greetings, etc.</p><p></p><p>I just did that test as honestly as possible and it came back with 53-mild Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD).</p><p></p><p>Also about school district- it has been a long, ridiculous process with the district. Multiple evaluations, meetings, them trying to say he doesn't qualify for anything. But then even after making progress with them, the environment there turned out to be very negative. We've worked with a Special Education advocate and now are in the process of moving to a different district anyway and we'll start that process again there. For now he's in a private play-based preschool where the staff is extremely patient and willing to work with him, work with us to find best ways to work with him, etc. Thanks again everyone for taking the time to offer so much info and advice!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pattyb, post: 505358, member: 13784"] Thanks again for your very thoughtful responses! The behavior analyst is through the health system where we had the first autism evaluation-they mostly work with kids with autism, but she has worked with a few kids with a bipolar diagnosis, though they were a little bit older. I think they do a lot of ABA. Is that a good idea for a child with mood disorder, if that is the right diagnosis? We will see what she has in mind before we do anything different. It is important we are all on same page - everyone seems to have diff opinions re: how to handle meltdowns. We've been doing time outs and it clearly does not work for him. She said the behavior plan would not involve time-outs and would be based in positive reinforcement. We'll see. I will look into the other books you all mentioned. We have the Explosive Child but not the other one. The neuropsychologist's main recommendation re: intervention was the CPS technique, just has been difficult to use in some ways since he doesn't like to talk about it. I definitely want to do what it takes to understand what he is struggling with that causes him to have such extreme reactions. He's not in speech therapy anymore as he met all of his goals (he was there for receptive language delay-mild) but we are trying to get back in because I think it benefited him in other ways - I mean they worked on social skills too like greetings, etc. I just did that test as honestly as possible and it came back with 53-mild Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD). Also about school district- it has been a long, ridiculous process with the district. Multiple evaluations, meetings, them trying to say he doesn't qualify for anything. But then even after making progress with them, the environment there turned out to be very negative. We've worked with a Special Education advocate and now are in the process of moving to a different district anyway and we'll start that process again there. For now he's in a private play-based preschool where the staff is extremely patient and willing to work with him, work with us to find best ways to work with him, etc. Thanks again everyone for taking the time to offer so much info and advice! [/QUOTE]
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