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[quote=Anonymous]I second the suggestion to get an "expert" opinion. No need to start with the enormous (in terms of money and time) neuropsych exam -- a couole meetings (with relevant testing, if any) with a developmental psychologist would do it.

My dd, now 6.5, has always been intense. But her pre-k year the emotional dysregulation was really out of control -- meltdowns and crying fits over everything, multiple times a day, at home at and school. With the help of a psychologist, we decided that the school fit was really terrible. Starting in kindergarten, she was in a much more structured environment. In the fall, we started a sticker chart where she would get a sticker for going a period of time without a meltdown. We stopped doing it because it was so hard for her and she wasnt getting any stickers.

We did the same sticker chart again last month. The first day or two, she struggled and then she started getting stickers for every time period. In fact, we've now phased it out because I can't remember the last time she had a melt down other than when she was extremely over tired.

The sticker chart gave her the motivation to get it together, but a school that was a good fit gave her the space to develop more emotional control to make her successful.

Good luck![/quote]

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