Re: ADVICE for very troubled 8 year-old!!

[Guest guest]

thanks Millie for your story. Unfortunately we have a grandma that is very

willing to help, but a mother who is less intend on really making sure

everything is done to the child's best interest. I think part if not a

significant part of this girls problem is the mother. Even grandma agrees. I

just hope they stick with it long enough to see some effects. What type of

protocols do you see are effective with your little guy?

Thanks for the feedback

Joanie

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> > Hi Listmates,

> > We recently began training a soon-to-be 9-year-old, of which today was

my first day to work the young girl. I am deeply concerned with taking this

client on , primarily because of all the medications they have her on. I wanted

to get some feedback as to how successful one can train against several

medications, let alone several in such a young child. This little girl has had

problems from the day she was born, one of which is she won't sleep. She has

been diagnosed with Sensory Integration Disorder, ADHD, and off of meds she has

violent behavior, doesn't sleep, and is incredibly hyper to mention a few.

> > They have had this girl medicated since the age of 5, so for 4 years now, on

the following cocktail: 250mg 2xday of Depakote, 3x/day Resperidone 1 mg, and

1x/day at night Straterra 18mg. did I mention they used to give her sleeping

pills at night to go sleep until they switched to the Strattera which makes her

groggy anyway. She used to be on Adderall but they recently switched because

that made her violent.

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> > This child can hardly speak because of all the drugs she is on, and her

emotional and mental capacities are that of a 4 or 5 year-old. Another

challenge here is that Mom and Grandma which appear to be her main caretakers

feed her poorly, with the excuse that that is all she will eat. I.e. before

bringing her in for therapy today her snack was a piece of cake, and they give

her candy before bedtime, despite being advised otherwise by the physician that

we work with. However, that is another problem altogether. My main concern

here is being that she is on all this medicine, I am not sure really where to

begin. She has an incredibly large amount of both low freq and high freq and we

did not do an assessment because she can hardly comprehend or sit still.

Suggestions? If there is any viability in training her, any recommendation on

where to start? I would love to be able to help this child!

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> > Joanie

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[Guest guest]

thanks you , we have ordered a pIR HEG and can't wait to start this little

girl on the training with that.

Thanks for the feedback.

Joanie

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> >Hi Listmates,

> >We recently began training a soon-to-be 9-year-old, of which today was my

first

> >day to work the young girl. I am deeply concerned with taking this client on

,

> >primarily because of all the medications they have her on. I wanted to get

some

> >feedback as to how successful one can train against several medications, let

> >alone several in such a young child. This little girl has had problems from

the

> >day she was born, one of which is she won't sleep. She has been diagnosed

with

> >Sensory Integration Disorder, ADHD, and off of meds she has violent behavior,

> >doesn't sleep, and is incredibly hyper to mention a few.

> >

> >They have had this girl medicated since the age of 5, so for 4 years now, on

the

> >following cocktail: 250mg 2xday of Depakote, 3x/day Resperidone 1 mg, and

1x/day

> >at night Straterra 18mg. did I mention they used to give her sleeping pills

at

> >night to go sleep until they switched to the Strattera which makes her groggy

> >anyway. She used to be on Adderall but they recently switched because that

made

> >her violent.

> >

> >

> >This child can hardly speak because of all the drugs she is on, and her

> >emotional and mental capacities are that of a 4 or 5 year-old. Another

challenge

> >here is that Mom and Grandma which appear to be her main caretakers feed her

> >poorly, with the excuse that that is all she will eat. I.e. before bringing

her

> >in for therapy today her snack was a piece of cake, and they give her candy

> >before bedtime, despite being advised otherwise by the physician that we work

> >with. However, that is another problem altogether. My main concern here is

being

> >that she is on all this medicine, I am not sure really where to begin. She

has

> >an incredibly large amount of both low freq and high freq and we did not do

an

> >assessment because she can hardly comprehend or sit still. Suggestions? If

there

> >is any viability in training her, any recommendation on where to start? I

would

> >love to be able to help this child!

> >

> >Joanie

> >

> >

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