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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]An 8 year old raging is a SN.  Find out what’s causing this.

If you decide to homeschool, read this:
https://www.amazon.com/Unstuck-Target-Executive-Curriculum-Flexibility/dp/1598572032

Read it anyway.  Your child has issues with flexible thinking, hence the doubling down and regulation, hence the rages.  Unstuck was developed with kids on the spectrum and retested with kids who have adhd.[/quote]

Yikes this book is $105.  Can you tell me more about it so I can decide if it would help us?

FWIW I don't think my child would actually be diagnosed as ASD or ADHD, but she certainly has many similar traits and may be somewhere in that gray area.   Academically, she excels in school and I think that is because she is very bright in terms of memory, comprehension, and abstract thinking and she is also very competitive and a bit of a perfectionist with school.  We don't push her, she pushes herself.  The rages have really gotten better as she has gotten older, and also we mostly stopped doing the things that cause her to rage (change something without her input, use "punishment" or negative consequences, be critical of her behavior, etc.[/quote]

Inflexibility to an unexpected change is a classic sign of autism just so you know.  Many bright people are on the spectrum so it’s not a matter of intelligence.  Glad it’s getting better for you.

Here’s an overview of of unstuck you can watch:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=r8Dy4Nf7Rk4

Here’s the parent book:
https://www.amazon.com/Solving-Executive-Function-Challenges-Unstuck/dp/1598576038/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=unstuck+and+on+target+book&qid=1597355602&sprefix=unstuck+a&sr=8-4[/quote]

PP, I hope you check back on this post.  I watched the Unstuck video and found it very compelling and had a lot of strategies I could use with my child.  Thanks so much for sharing.  I'm still unsure if my child would end up receiving the diagnosis, but she shares pretty much all of the same challenges, just maybe to a lesser extent.

What age is ASD or ADHD typically diagnosed? I have brought up concerns with her 1st grade and 2nd grade teachers, and her 1st grade teacher thought it was more just her natural personality rather than any reason to be concerned. Her 2nd grade teacher looked at me like I had two heads as he had zero concerns.  Both teachers were very experienced (almost 20 yrs of teaching experience) and I thought they were excellent teachers so I valued their assessment.

Thanks, 
OP[/quote]

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