Guest guest Posted March 12, 1999 Report Share Posted March 12, 1999 I have used this book and have recommended it to colleiges. Teaching the tiger is also very easy to read. The authors have taken the time to consider how they can get their message across without a lot of jargon. wendy Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 1999 Report Share Posted July 29, 1999 Mellie asked: >Has anyonr read the booK-TEACHING THE TIGER and >is it a good book for parents or is it more for teachers????? yes, it's excellent! I found it useful at home, and my son's previous teacher liked it so much she bought her own copy. Basically, it has information on what may be seen in class - both behavior and academics - from children with OCD, ADHD, and/or Tourette's Syndrome. Then there are long lists of ideas for handling specific symptoms. There's also great advice on writing better IEPs and behavior plans, a lot of which is now incorporated into my son's IEP. BTW, I've also found many of the suggestions in this book to apply to autistic behaviors as well, especially OCD-ish stuff (like having to write " perfectly " or not at all). Great book, highly recommended!!! Mitzi Waltz * Author and Editor * http://www.teleport.com/~infobahn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2000 Report Share Posted February 18, 2000 In a message dated 2/17/00 11:13:17 AM Mountain Standard Time, kathyh@... writes: << It sounds like you have a lot of valuable experience to share about advocating for Leigh in the school system. Have her teachers read Dr. Marilyn Dornbusch's book " Teaching the Tiger? " This book has a lot of good ideas and you are probably already familiar with it. >> Hi Kathy, Yes I have a copy of Teaching the Tiger I tried to share with them, even photocopied sections for them. They took the copies, but my gut feeling says they didn't even read it!! Well, maybe one of them did.... I picked this book up at a Movement Disorders conference in the fall. It was the first time I knew that these disorders were called polygenetic, meaning it takes more than one gene to make someone have the disorder. Say if a certain disorder takes 7 genes, you could have three of the genes and no problems, but add a fourth and whammo... you have the disorder... it revealed a lot to me about my family tree as both my mom and sister have OCD (hoarding) and my sister has to keep brushing her teeth over and over again.... my poor kid ended up with the jackpot of both sides of a slightly loaded dice. Jay W. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2000 Report Share Posted February 18, 2000 >Jay W. wrote: >It was the first time I knew that these disorders were called >polygenetic, >meaning it takes more than one gene to make someone >have the disorder. >Say if a certain disorder takes 7 genes, you >could have three of the genes >and no problems, but add a fourth and >whammo... you have the disorder... >it revealed a lot to me about my >family tree as both my mom and sister >have OCD (hoarding) and my >sister has to keep brushing her teeth over and over again.... my >poor kid >ended up with the jackpot of both sides of a slightly >loaded dice. >Jay W. Jay, personally I find this very interesting. My husband, and I are 4th cousins on our mothers sides. His mother has ocd, both our mothers had/have depression, I have dysphemia, yigal has ocd/depression, and so do our 3 kids. can you tell me more from this research? wendy in canada ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2000 Report Share Posted February 18, 2000 HI Jay: You touch on a common problem, how much time do teachers have to read these books? I find them useful for myself as I know what to ask for in Steve's MP and can make suggestions for accommodations at school. Our family has participated in a genetic study of OCD. Boy that was tough getting Steve to agree to take a needle when his contamination OCD (many AIDS fears) was pretty much at an all time high. We don't have any results yet, but I have found out pretty recently that the OCD is on my side of the family and the MDD is on both sides of the family (we are suicide survivors). Before then I thought the OCD was from my husband's side of the family and thought I was doing pretty well not to feel upset with him for passing it on..... Sometimes you just have to joke about the genetic load. In addition to OCD I have also passed on genes for cancer and heart disease! I told Steve he just has to hope I gave him some good ones along with the bad. He told me not to worry about it, fat chance. I hope your mother and sister are getting their OCD treated now the family is focusing on OCD. Take care, aloha, Kathy (H) kathyh@... At 05:48 PM 02/18/2000 -0500, you wrote: >From: Jay7138658@... > >In a message dated 2/17/00 11:13:17 AM Mountain Standard Time, >kathyh@... writes: > ><< It sounds like you have a lot of valuable experience > to share about advocating for Leigh in the school system. Have her > teachers read Dr. Marilyn Dornbusch's book " Teaching the Tiger? " This book > has a lot of good ideas and you are probably already familiar with it. > >> > >Hi Kathy, >Yes I have a copy of Teaching the Tiger I tried to share with them, even >photocopied sections for them. They took the copies, but my gut feeling says >they didn't even read it!! Well, maybe one of them did.... I picked this >book up at a Movement Disorders conference in the fall. It was the first >time I knew that these disorders were called polygenetic, meaning it takes >more than one gene to make someone have the disorder. Say if a certain >disorder takes 7 genes, you could have three of the genes and no problems, >but add a fourth and whammo... you have the disorder... it revealed a lot to >me about my family tree as both my mom and sister have OCD (hoarding) and my >sister has to keep brushing her teeth over and over again.... my poor kid >ended up with the jackpot of both sides of a slightly loaded dice. >Jay W. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2000 Report Share Posted February 19, 2000 Beth, in IN, Dysphemia is low grade, constant depression. It means that at times the person can cope without meds, but when there is stress, etc. the depression will come out full force. I probably have had it since my teens, but was diagnosed about 2.5 years ago. I tried to go off anti'd's while participating in a research project, but it was a disaster. Like Tom, it looks like I will need anti-D's all my life in order to survive. wendy in canada ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2000 Report Share Posted February 19, 2000 , Hi what is dysphemia? Thanks Beth Re: Teaching the Tiger > From: " W. Birkhan " <wb4@...> > > >Jay W. wrote: > >It was the first time I knew that these disorders were called >polygenetic, > >meaning it takes more than one gene to make someone >have the disorder. > >Say if a certain disorder takes 7 genes, you >could have three of the genes > >and no problems, but add a fourth and >whammo... you have the disorder... > >it revealed a lot to me about my >family tree as both my mom and sister > >have OCD (hoarding) and my > >sister has to keep brushing her teeth over and over again.... my >poor kid > >ended up with the jackpot of both sides of a slightly >loaded dice. > >Jay W. > > Jay, > personally I find this very interesting. My husband, and I are 4th cousins > on our mothers sides. His mother has ocd, both our mothers had/have > depression, I have dysphemia, yigal has ocd/depression, and so do our 3 > kids. > can you tell me more from this research? > > wendy in canada > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > > --------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2001 Report Share Posted January 5, 2001 HI Kathy, Last year I gave andra's exceptional first grade teacher a copy of " Teaching the Tiger, " for a resource library she was starting at our school. I agree - I think every school should have several copies. I also keep one to refer to at home. Lesli (SFBay) Kathy Hammes wrote: > > Hi AUreen: > > Oops! I mispoke - must have been a untamed behavior day at home <VBG>. > You are quite right it is entitled " TEaching the Tiger " . Mea culpa, mea > maxima culpa, sixteen lashes with a wet noodle for giving our misinformation. > > I think every school should have several copies of this book. Maybe for > the new year we can think about donating one to our kid's school library > for professional development. Take care, aloha, Kathy (H) > kathyh@... > > P.S. I wonder if there is a good book by that wrong title, ....hmmm.....:-)) > > P.P.S. I promise to control my OCD book hoarding by giving them > away. ..... > > At 05:49 PM 01/04/2001 -0500, you wrote: > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Kathy Hammes <kathyh@...> > >> If you specify what symptoms are most difficult at school I can try to > >> think of specific accommodations. Dr. Dornbush's book, " Taming the > >Tiger " has lots of great suggestions. > > > >Kathy, > >Pardon me, I could not resist giving you a hard time about this.....What > >book is this again? LOL. > > > >For those of you who are not aware of this book, it's TEACHING the Tiger, > >lest you be misguided. > > > >Aureen > > You may subscribe to the OCD-L by emailing listserv@... . In the body of your message write: subscribe OCD-L your name. You may subscribe to the Parents of Adults with OCD List at parentsofadultswithOCD . You may access the files, links, and archives for our list at . Our list advisors are Tamar Chansky, Ph.D., and Aureen Pinto Wagner, Ph.D. Our list moderators are Birkhan, Kathy Hammes, Jule Monnens, Gail Pesses, Kathy , Roman, and Jackie Stout. Subscription issues or suggestions may be addressed to Louis Harkins, list owner, at harkins@... . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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