When Corey gets into one of his rages I really can’t stand to watch him like that.  Sometimes he just gets so upset that I think he’s going to explode if he doesn’t stop yelling and screaming like that.

For example, last night him and Ben just wouldn’t stop fighting.  My husband just got to the stage that he’d had enough and told them both to go and have a shower and go to bed – it was only around 7pm at the time.  Corey just went crazy and lost it completely, no way was he going to have a shower and go to bed that early.

Of course Corey isn’t going to give in but neither is my husband and my husband completely refused to leave Coreys room until Corey agreed to go and have a shower.  Which of course he wouldn’t and the longer my husband stood there the more Corey would scream.

I just couldn’t stand listening to him screaming like that and I know it isn’t good for him.  He always ends up with headaches after he screams and screams like that.  But, my husband was dealing with it and we know that even though we don’t always agree with one another on discipline, you can’t show that disagreement to your children, we need to be strong and back each other up, so I decided to just stay out of it.

However, after another 5 or so minutes of this constant screaming I couldn’t take it any longer.  As much as Corey makes me angry and when I’m so angry with him I really don’t feel like hugging him, but I knew that it was the only way to calm him down.  So I walked into his room, told my husband to leave and just sat next to him and hugged him.

I talked to him and told him to take some deep breathes and we just sat there like that for a while until he calmed down.  Once he was calm I told him that I wanted to talk to him but I didn’t want him to lose control and get angry, I just wanted him to listen.  Then I calmly asked him to go and have a shower and tried to explain to him that all this screaming doesn’t help the situation and certainly wont make Dad give in to him.

Corey got up and had a shower – he did make sure to point out that he still refused to go to bed after the shower, but I just ignored that and only worried at this stage about him having that shower.  Because he did then go calmly and have a shower and had completely calmed down by the time he got out the shower, we did let them stay up a little bit longer before going to bed.

I know that I have occasions where I just have had enough and I lose it with them, so I know how my husband felt.  I am trying hard lately though to try and not get to that stage and to try and stay as calm as I can.  It isn’t always possible, sometimes you just lose it and I think anyone that tells you they’ve never lost it with their child (especially if it is a child with behavior issues) is probably lying.  We’re only human and it is a difficult job to raise and deal with a child that has behavior issues and it’s normal to show cracks and lose it from time to time.

It was a nurse at the hospital a couple of weeks ago that told me that if anyone denies ever ‘losing it’ then they are lying.  That was when I did reach the point of not being able to take any more and I went to slap Corey on the arm.  We were doing dishes at the time and Corey was holding a metal spatula thing and when I went to slap him, he went to put his arm up in defense and my wrist came down onto the spatula and cut open my wrist.  I ended up with 7 stitches in my wrist.  When it is a cut across the wrist, it isn’t easy trying to explain to people what happened – a lot of people just assume that I tried to cut my own wrist being in that position.  I just tell everyone that I had an accident while doing the dishes – which it was, I know it was an accident and if anything it was my own fault for losing it.

But I guess it did teach me to try and be more calm and not to lose the plot so quickly.  I think since this happened I have really put an effort into being calmer with the kids which is a good thing.  I have brought in some new rules and they miss out on things for being naughty and I’m being tough in that sense and sticking to my guns when I tell them that they are banned or missing out on something.  For example, we have a rule that they only have friends over after school or go to a friends house on Mondays and Fridays.  Now, we’ve added to that rule that if they are constantly fighting and their behavior is really bad at home, then they don’t have anyone over at all.  Last week they had no-one over on Monday for bad behavior and so for the next few days they were quite good and so they had friends over on Friday.  They have been fighting constantly over the weekend so today I’ll be sticking to my guns and not letting them have anyone over.  I know they won’t be happy about it, but they learn quite quickly when you enforce rules like that.  Especially when their little brother does get to have someone over because he does behave.

Anyway, I’m raving again, I know that once I get started I usually rave on a bit.  So back to the hug therapy….. that was my point of this post, in my new quest to stay calmer with the kids I have used the hugging to calm Corey a couple of times and it has worked very well.  Sometimes I think that’s all he needs is a big hug.  I think he often feels so lost and like he doesn’t fit in.  Sometimes I think he gets quite jealous of his little brother who is a real affection kid and is always coming and giving me hugs.  Then with Corey who is always naughty I usually don’t feel like hugging him, so I know Lachlan does get more affection and I think that really does bother Corey.

So, as well as trying to stay calm, I think I really do need to put more effort into showing Corey more affection too.

Lots of hugs – you can never give your kids too many hugs!

Thanks for reading and I hope you and your kids have a lovely day
Sheryl
My-Beautiful-Boy.com

Since starting this blog I have had a number of emails from Mothers with similar issues, with kids that have behavior problems and can’t seem to find a solution to them.  Some with ODD, some with ADHD and some with Aspergers and then some, like Corey, that can’t seem to get a diagnosis.

One thing that most of these Mothers have in common is that living with a child with behavior issues can be incredibly challenging and difficult and often you feel like your all alone.  It is difficult putting up with tantrums on a daily basis and it is just as difficult having other people look at you like you are a bad Mother that can’t discipline her child properly.

As mothers with difficult children we all know that there is much more to it than just discipline and in fact if you have more than one child and your other children are perfectly normally behaved, then it really can’t be a discipline issue if they are all disciplined the same way.

Anyway, here I go raving again, if you’ve read my blog you have probably realised that once I start writing I do tend to rave on a bit and let it all out

The reason for todays post is that I have just replied to a couple of emails that I’d received from other mothers and I started thinking about whether I should have a forum on my site.  Not that I mind people contacting me via email, I don’t mind at all and in fact it is nice to hear from people who read my blog and it lets me know that I’m not alone in my quest to make my child happy.  I was just wondering whether other mothers would be interested in a forum where they could share their experiences and talk to other mothers will similar issues.

So I’m not going to just jump in and create a forum (a bad habit of mine – get something in my mind and rush into it) I thought I’d put it out there and see if anyone would be interested in joining a forum.

So if you would be interested in joining a forum with other mothers of children with behavior issues then please leave a comment below to show your interest and if I get enough response and enough interest then I will set it up.\

Thanks for reading – I hope you and your children have a great day!
Sheryl
My-Beautiful-Boy.com

He does have a really good teacher this year so he is so much happier.  The school enrolment numbers were 1 student down for being eligible for another class and another teacher.  Numbers are counted again at the end of next week and if they get one more enrolment over the next week then they will get another class.  So there is still a chance that he might be moved to a different class.  I’ve made sure that he doesn’t get put into the class of the teacher he’s had so much trouble with, so even if he changes class he should still get a good teacher.

I wasn’t very happy on the first day back at school though as my older son Ben is in year 7 this year and the year 7 teacher at that school left at the end of last year, so we didn’t know who the year 7 teacher would be.  After all the trouble that Corey has had with his teacher last year and the year before, I wasn’t very happy to find that particular teacher is the one that Ben got as his year 7 teacher.

So I am hoping that the school will get the extra class and that the year 7’s still might end up with another teacher.

I know you can’t expect to have 3 kids go through school without having at least one teacher that you don’t like, it just seems this one particular teacher just keeps on hanging around and my kids keep on getting stuck in her classes.  Well, one good thing is that at least Ben will be able to cope much better with her than what Corey could.

I found out the other day that there was another boy at our school with Aspergers who’s parents actually pulled him out of that school because of this particular teacher – so it was good to know that it wasn’t just me imagining the way she treats them.  This boy has come back to our school now on the condition that he doesn’t get her as a teacher again.

It’s not good when a teacher treats a child like he’s an inconvenience just because he has some needs, these kids need teachers that can try to understand their needs and work with them, not treat them like a big inconvenience.

Last night for example, I asked the boys to do their homework, it’s almost the end of the year so I’ve been a bit lenient with their homework and last night I told them all they have to do is read for a while.  So Ben and Lachlan go off and do their homework and Corey has to have a bit of a yell and punch things first, then he finally settles down to read.

After about 10 minutes of reading he asks if he can stop now.  I tell him 5 more minutes, at which he yells and screams and carrys on for a while.  So then his Dad told him he now has another 10 minutes because of the way he acted.

Anyway, he completely ignores Dads statement but settles back down to read some more and after the 5 minutes is up he asks if he can stop again.  Dad says “no, you had 10 minutes because of your behavior”.

Now the real yelling and screaming starts and the extent that Corey screams is unbelievable, I’m surprised he doesn’t burst a blood vessel somewhere he screams so hard.  A bit of punching the walls and slamming doors is next followed by some more screaming and swearing.

At this point Dad has had enough and sends Corey to bed.  There is a lot more screaming, punching etc, but when he finally settles down he calls out for me.

When I went through to his room he asks why he is the one that is always sent to bed early.  I tell him it is because of the way he acted and that he had 10 minutes to read and he should have just done it.

Now Corey did not believe that he had that extra 10 minutes.  In fact, Corey completely denies that he carried on and yelled right back when I first told him to read for 5 minutes.

Is this because they genuinely can’t see that they have done anything wrong, or has he just completely forgotten his reaction and all his yelling and screaming.  Surely he can’t honestly think that he didn’t do it.  But it doesn’t matter how much I try to tell him that he did behave that way and that is why he is now being punished, he just doesn’t believe he did it or doesn’t believe that he did anything wrong.

I know this is a trait that can’t be helped but oh my goodness it is so frustrating.

Thanks for reading
Sheryl
www.my-beautiful-boy.com

Asperger syndrome (AS), also referred to as Asperger’s, is a developmental disorder characterized by deficiencies in social and communication skills. The exact cause of Asperger’s is unknown and the prevalence is not firmly established, due partly to the use of differing sets of diagnostic criteria.

Asperger’s is often not identified in early childhood, and many individuals do not receive diagnosis until after puberty or when they are adults.

Teens with Asperger’s are usually aware of their differences and recognize when they need support from family. There are instances where teens do not know they have Asperger’s personalities until they are having difficulties with relationships in adult life.

Asperger’s is a condition in which there is:

1. Impairment in social interaction

2. The presence of restricted, repetitive and stereotyped behaviors and interests

3. Significant impairment in important areas of functioning

4. No significant delay in language

5. No significant delay in cognitive development, self-help skills, or adaptive behaviors (other than social interaction)

6. The symptoms must not be better accounted for by another specific pervasive developmental disorder or schizophrenia

Asperger’s is characterized by:

1. Limited interests or preoccupation with a subject to the exclusion of other activities

2. Repetitive behaviors or rituals

3. Peculiarities in speech and language

4. Socially and emotionally inappropriate behavior and interpersonal interaction

5. Problems with nonverbal communication

6. Clumsy and uncoordinated motor movements

Most adolescents with moderate to severe Asperger’s will show little or no interest in others. They may seem to be totally unaware of their peers’ presence, or they may appear indifferent when peers try to interact.

Some youngsters with Asperger’s get very nervous just with the thought of approaching others and may choose to avoid it at all costs. Their avoidance may appear as if they are not interested in others.
Yet some adolescents with Asperger’s will not avoid interacting with others. They are eager to communicate, though, often in a clumsy, in-your-face way.

Children with Asperger’s are often the target of bullying at school due to their “strange” behavior, language, interests, and impaired ability to interact in socially expected ways to nonverbal cues, particularly in interpersonal conflict. Children with Asperger’s may be extremely literal and may have difficulty interpreting and responding to sarcasm or banter.

Most children with Asperger’s want to be social, but fail to socialize successfully, which can lead to later withdrawal and asocial behavior, especially in adolescence. Teens with Asperger’s often get along a lot better with those considerably older or younger than them, rather than those their own age.

A child with Asperger’s might be regarded by teachers as a “problem child” or a “poor performer.” The child’s extremely low tolerance for “ordinary” and “mediocre” tasks (e.g., homework) can easily become frustrating. A teacher may consider the child arrogant, spiteful, and insubordinate. This misunderstanding, in combination with the child’s anxieties, can result in problematic behavior (e.g., violent and angry outbursts, withdrawal).

Although there is no single feature that all teens with Asperger’s share, difficulties with social behavior are nearly universal and are one of the most important defining criteria. Teens with Asperger’s have difficulty empathizing with others (i.e., putting themselves in someone else’s shoes), and may lack the ability to communicate their own emotional state, resulting in well-meaning remarks that may offend, or finding it hard to know what is “acceptable”.

Teens with Asperger’s may have trouble understanding the emotions of other people (e.g., messages conveyed by facial expression, eye contact and body language). Thus, teens with Asperger’s might be seen as egotistical, selfish or uncaring. In most cases, these are unfair labels because they are neurologically unable to understand other people’s emotional states. They are usually surprised, upset or remorseful when told that their actions are hurtful or inappropriate.

Individuals with Asperger’s do NOT lack emotions. However, the concrete nature of emotional attachments they have (i.e., to objects rather than to people) often seems curious or can even be a cause of concern to people who do not share their perspective.

Teens with Asperger’s may have little patience for things outside their narrow interests. In school, they may be perceived as highly intelligent underachievers or overachievers, clearly capable of outperforming their peers in their field of interest, yet persistently unmotivated to do regular homework assignments.

Some children with Asperger’s experience varying degrees of sensory overload and are extremely sensitive to touch, smells, sounds, tastes and sights. Sensory overload may exacerbate problems faced by such children at school, where levels of noise in the classroom can become intolerable for them. A child with Asperger’s can become distracted, agitated, or even aggressive if unwanted touch, sounds, smells, etc. persist.

Treatment for Asperger’s consists of therapies that apply behavior management strategies and address poor communication skills, obsessive or repetitive routines, and physical clumsiness.

Currently, the most effective treatment involves a combination of psychotherapy, special education, behavior modification, and support for families. Some children with Asperger’s Disorder will also benefit from medication.

A typical treatment program generally includes:

· Social skills training, to teach the skills to more successfully interact with others

· Cognitive behavioral therapy to help in better managing emotions that may be explosive or anxious, and to cut back on obsessive interests and repetitive routines

· Medication for co-existing conditions such as depression and anxiety

· Occupational or physical therapy to assist with poor motor coordination

· Speech therapy to help with the trouble of the “give and take” in normal conversation

· Parent training and support, to teach parents behavioral techniques to use at home

Children with Asperger’s can learn to manage their differences, but they may continue to find social situations and personal relationships challenging. Many adults with Asperger’s are able to work successfully in mainstream jobs, although they may continue to need encouragement and moral support to maintain an independent life.

Teens with Asperger’s report a feeling of being unwillingly detached from the world around them. As an adult, they may have difficulty with getting married due to poor social skills.

On the other hand, some adults with Asperger’s do get married, get graduate degrees, become wealthy, and hold jobs. The intense focus and tendency to work things out logically often grants those people with Asperger’s a high level of ability in their field of interest. When these special interests coincide with a materially or socially useful task, the person with Asperger’s often can lead a profitable life. For example, the child obsessed with a particular computer game may grow up to be an accomplished computer programmer.

The outcome for children with Asperger’s Disorder is generally more promising than for those with autism. Due to their higher level of intellectual functioning, many of these children successfully finish high school and attend college. Although problems with social interaction and awareness persist, they can also develop lasting relationships with family and friends.

Mark Huttenlocker, M.A. is a family therapist who works with parents of strong-willed, out-of-control teens and preteens. If your child is out-of-control and you’re at your wits end, then feel free to use Mark as your own personal parent-coach. Get permanent solutions to your child’s behavior problems within 15 seconds from now by visiting his website: http://www.MyOutOfControlTeen.com

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I have no idea why but there is starting to get a bit of a pattern.  It is often a Wednesday when Corey is ’sick’.  Today it is a headache.  I spoke with his teacher this morning and there isn’t really anything that we can think of that happens at school on a Wednesday that he might be scared off.

The other thing is that he came home yesterday and told me that he had a bad day and he was angry at a few people, his teacher being one of them.  They did skipping yesterday and he was ok doing single skipping, but then they did the long rope with 2 people holding it and one skipping in the middle.  Last time they did this he tripped on the rope and fell and was very embarassed and so he didn’t want to do it yesterday.  He flat out refused to do it and walked away and he was angry at his teacher for trying to make him do it. 

I can completely understand where he is coming from here as I was just like that when I was a kid too.  I remember doing exactly the same thing in high school but it was hurdles.  I refused to do the hurdles as I was just scared that I would trip on one and embarass myself, so I ran off and sat next to the fence and just flat out refused to do it.

So I’m not sure if it is because he had such a bad day that he doesn’t want to go today or if it is a ‘Wednesday’ thing or if he really does have a headache – who knows.

Let’s see how he is tomorrow I guess!

Last night he was being really awful.  He wanted to play pool when it was time for bed and I was telling him that its time for bed and to go and brush his teeth.  Then he just told me ‘no, I’m going to have another game of pool’.  Of course that just rubbed me up the wrong way completely – I mean, I’m his mother and I’m telling him to go and brush his teeth.  I’m not asking him if he wants to go and brush his teeth, I am telling him to go and do it.

For him to just tell me that he wont and that he IS having another game of pool just really made me mad.  So of course we had a big argument, all the way to the bathroom and while he was brushing his teeth.  That’s where I made my big mistake.  I had basically won the argument, just by the fact that he was in the bathroom brushing his teeth, and I should have left it at that.  But the more he bad mouthed me, the more I had to keep arguing back with him and in the end it was just stupid, no sense arguing.

Then after it, I felt really bad, he’s just a kid after all.

But then this morning, he was acting like that again and then my feelings of feeling sorry for him just disappear. 

Corey thinks the whole world is conspiring against him I think.  Everything that happens has to be somebody doing it to him.  Things can’t be coincidence or just completely unrelated to him, he thinks everything happens by someone trying to be nasty to him.

For example:  this morning the kids were getting ready for school and Corey was getting stressed because he couldn’t find his shoes.

So instead of calmly looking for his shoes, he starts carrying on blaming Ben (his older brother).  It’s all Bens fault.  Ben has hidden them from him just to get him in trouble. 

He really believed that Ben had hidden his shoes from him to get him in trouble.  I tried to tell him that he was wrong (big mistake) and that the whole world is not against him, but he just had it in his head that Ben had hidden his shoes.

Anyway, I went to help him look for his shoes and I went into his bedroom and there they were, plain as day, sitting in the middle of the floor in his room.

The worst bit is, I still think he really believes it was Bens fault anyway.

It is really hard to be nice to him when he acts like this.  I know these are just little things, but when these sort of little things happen constantly, it just really wears you down.

Fingers crossed he will be in a happier mood when I pick them up from school this afternoon.

“Why does he get everything”

“He gets everything and I get nothing”

I’m sure you can imagine what it was like.  After buying the shin pads he whined and cried for just about the rest of the day – “Why does Ben get everything?”

So I told him that because Ben was getting this stuff that perhaps I could put the jacket on layby for him and then it would take a few weeks to pay it off and then he will have it.  Of course that still wasn’t good enough, he wants it NOW!  After all, Ben is getting everything NOW!

So that night we talked about it with his Dad and we decided that we would put it on layby and that he had to make a real attempt at improving his behavior for the next 3 weeks.  If he has made a good attemt, then he will get the jacket in 3 weeks.

So, the jacket went on layby last Thursday – 6 days ago and his behavior…….  well he is trying I’ll give him that much.  There have been a couple of times when he’s been arguing or yelling at someone and I’ve told him to walk away and he did – usually he just ignores me and keeps on yelling.  There have been a few of the real anger moments and a few times when he has spoken nastily to me and each time I’ve just calmly said ‘remember the jacket’ and he’s apologised straight away.

I know that when he gets the jacket that he will probably just get really bad again, but at least we can see that he is putting in an effort.  I know it isn’t easy for him so at least he’s trying.  He can be such a good kid when he wants to be, but unfortunately we are seeing less and less of that good kid, so if we can get some times such as these when he actually tries to be good, then that’s something.

We still have 2 weeks left before he gets the jacket so hopefully it will be a reasonably good 2 weeks.  If he can do it then he deserves the jacket, I know it isn’t easy for him.

So here is our update……..

Corey is now 9 1/2 and is still causing us a lot of trouble. His language is terrible and he still has a lot of anger. I went back to our GP and asked to be referred to a paediatrician since the psychologist and psychiatrist really hadn’t helped us all that much. Even though they seemed quite good, they just didn’t really help.

So the paediatrician did a full physical exam on Corey and full blood tests and other than finding what we think was a lollie in his ear, everything else was normal. He then referred us to another psychologist for a full psychiatric and academic assessment – he was quite surprised that no-one had done a full assessment on him yet and this new psychologist was very surprised too that it hadn’t been done already.

This psychologist is Dr Lindy Petersen and she is really, really good. I can’t believe that she actually got Corey to talk to her and he likes her so is much more comfortable with her. She spent some brief time with me getting a general run down of the problems we’re having and then she brought Corey in for the assessment while I waited in the waiting room.

Then my husband and I went in for another appointment a couple of days later to get the results.

His IQ (I can’t remember the exact score) is normal, except in one area where he scored quite low – it is the area for emotional/social stuff. Then his academic assessment came back good also, he scored at around the level for 10 1/2 year olds, so he’s about a year ahead academically.

Dr Petersen said that the emotional/social area where he scored low, that most Aspergers kids score low in that area.

Next we discussed ODD (Oppositional Defiant Disorder) and she said that he doesn’t have it. The criteria for an ODD diagnosis is that they need to have about 4 of the 8 symptoms and Corey I think has 7, but the reason he doesn’t have it is that the other half of the criteria is that they show these symptoms all the time. They are disrespectful and defiant with everyone, all authority, even at school, which Corey isn’t like that at school. At school, he would be too scared to say ‘boo’ to his teacher. So that rules out ODD for him, even though he does have the symptoms but just at home.

Dr Petersen has been doing this for 30+ years and she said she can get a general feel for things when she’s talking to kids and she definately got a bit of an ‘autism spectrum disorder’ feel with Corey although only mild. He hasn’t officially been diagnosed but she does feel that he has mild Asperger Syndrome.

Once again though, he passes the criteria quite highly in one section of symptoms, but is only borderline in the other section. One section involves social skills, lack of empathy, that sort of thing and that is where Corey scored quite highly, he has a definate lack of empathy and social skills. The other criteria is the obsessiveness and repetitive behaviors, which Corey is not as high on, he does have some obsessive behaviors but not overly obsessive.

I have felt for a long time now that Corey has Aspergers and although not diagnoses both the last pyschiatrist and Dr Petersen have said that he has mild Aspergers.

The other thing she said about his symptoms and the ODD symptoms is that it is quite common for Aspergers to have the ODD symptoms at home but not at school. They hold all the anger and frustration inside when they are out in public and when they get home they explode (exactly like Corey). It was really good to hear her say that actually because everyone else we had seen seemed to think he didn’t have a ‘disorder’ because of the fact that he was good at school. They said if he had a disorder he wouldn’t be able to control it any time and he would be like that at all times, but according to Dr Petersen many Aspergers kids do keep it in when at school.

She discussed with us that since Corey lacks empathy that it is pointless trying to discuss some things with him. Even though he does something wrong, it is almost impossible to get him to see that he has done wrong (which is so true with Corey), so she said we are really wasting our time when we try to make him admit he is wrong because he just doesn’t see it. She said that is something that will never change.

Her main advice for us to try over the following six weeks (off when we saw here) was to try and ignore a lot of his behavior. Ignore 90% of the behavior and address the worst 10% that just can’t be ignored. This is because she believes a lot of his behavior is to get a reaction from us, or to get our attention – particularly when he calls me names and argues with me – he wants me to argue back.

I can see where she is coming from but at the same time we have found this really difficult to do because it is really hard to ignore a lot of what he does. He often kicks the doors and walls, slams doors etc which really annoys my husband as he has spent so much time and money working on our house so how can we just let Corey destroy it and ignore it. It isn’t easy.

I do believe Dr Petersen could possibly be the one to help us with Corey, however, for those 2 sessions it cost $900. Admittedly we got back $500 through our health fund but it still cost us $400 for 2 sessions. When it came around to our next appointment we just didn’t have the money to go so we had to cancel it. It is really unfortunate you know and a bit sad that we finally find someone that we think could help and we can’t afford to take our son to her.

All I want is for my son to be good, to stop being so angry all the time. I want him to get better now, before he is 16 and its too late.

Along with his anger he has a lot of nervous tension too, lately he’s started cracking his knuckles when he’s nervous but it has gotten to the stage where he is just doing it all the time. He really reminds me so much of myself when I was younger – except for the anger.

Anyway, I’m going to stop now because this post has gotten quite long. I will try and get back in here more often to post. Please feel free to leave a comment or if you’d like to share your story on our blog just use the contact us link at the top and send us an email.

Take care
Sheryl