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[quote=Anonymous]Have you tried any home-based therapies? I work with SN kids and often times one parent during the interview process might raise concerns like this. By focusing on parent training with that parent we are able to get to a point where the child responds “better” with one parent than the other. Many times after a few months the other parent will start showing up to meetings and express interest in getting the child to respond better with them as well.

I also use this same technique when a parent isn’t necessarily on board to try a specific intervention that I’m fairly certain will work but is ok if I try it. I will implement the program when I’m there, and as the child progresses the parent sees this progress and hops on board to try it as well. I toilet trained a 5 year old this way once, mom wasn’t on board at all to do it herself. I told my supervisees to toilet train when they were there, after a month mom hopped on board, after 3 months dad did as well.

I think by having someone focus specifically on things at home your husband is more likely to see results of those interventions. This would be different than taking the child to an appointment away from the home where it doesn’t seem as  “real-life”.

Just a thought.[/quote]

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