He is v sweet and in mainstream, and was easygoing and relaxed before the injury , which occurred post-operatively when he was 7. He is now 10 and I think it is starting to impact more on his learning and the effort required to survive a day a school, even though he loves it and is doing well exceptin Maths. He is alway trying to control himself, but gets so angry and irrational for that 1 1/2 hrs and it upsets him and the other dc. I have taught him to try to distaract himself and use calming methods like tense/rlax, breathing etc but even so he can't calm down for ages and he scares himself and then eventually sobs for ages. Which is hard cos he is so stoical about other stuff. We have made a feelings file which he can use, but not till afterwards, but today he said it was because of the noise at school that he couldn't take anymore. it is so sad to see. i just wondered if anyone out ther had any tips really. He si so lovely and brave and sweet and creative but this new pattern is a bit disconcerting. He won't drink or eat until he is calm, even though I am sure he is exhasuted and in nned of a snack. HELP!!!!
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ds with acquired brain injury has meltdown everyday on way home from school and it takes him an hour to recover
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mindfulmama · 23/06/2008 21:24
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