Attatchment Dissorder HELP NEEDED

[thecloudhopper]

Are there any parents out there who have

children who suffer from AD. I work with a

child who is in reception and has been

diognosed with AD. Although we are making

great strides with his negative behaviour

his social problems are a big concern of mine.

Some of trhe things he comes out with are very sad for example he told " I just dont like being me you know."

Do any parents have any advice or any books that would help his social and emotional development I would be greatful. My local CAHMS have been useless.

Thankyou

Yes, there is a trilogy of books by John Bowlby, called Attachment, Separation and Loss - you will probably be able to access them through your local library.

There are also some basic but helpful booklets available from social services (fostering and adoption teams), to help school staff understand some of the issues for 'looked after children' including AD and sensory issues.

You need to look up about how to start a (modified) nurture group This technique is used very successfully in many schools.

Have you got EP support?

We have a fantastic autism team who have leant all sorts of resources to do with social skills groups/ social skills development, maybe there's a team local to you that have similar resources.

I've been playing a great game called 'what's got into you' amongst others leant.

... look up the 'talkabout' books from lda as well

www.nurturegroups.org/pages/about.html

all the best. x

Thank you bramblebooks and everyone. I had thought about asking the school to contact the outreach team from the local special school. They are supposed to be quite good.

I feel a bit bogged down realy with the progress we have made.

It sometimes feels that we have made no progress but then looking back when the child came in he would not sit on the carpet, he would not sit and eat in the hall, everything was a battle. He would hit kick and push children regularly. He would say no to evrything and would refuse point blank to do somethings.

Now he sits in the hall at lunch, he is one of the best at sitting on the carpet, he genrally hits out once a day as opposed to say 20 times a day.

Sorry I am ranting on sometimes though I cant see the wood for the trees.

PS Bumblbooks EP is not a grweat one for offering GOOD solutions.