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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]an explosive child lacks important skills:

- flexibility/adaptability, frustration tolerance, problem solving

You can find an assessment of these lagging skills here:

https://www.livesinthebalance.org/sites/default/files/ALSUP%202020.pdf

things like difficulty handling transitions (my baby had a horrible time handling the transition from being dry to being in the bath; and then once he got used to being in the bath he had a horrible time transitioning to being out of the bath.  When I say horrible I mean long, long screams both times.)

difficulty managing emotional responses

chronic irritibility

difficulty coming up with alternatives

difficulty shifting from initial plan to a new one (especially based on changing circumstances)   If I told him we were going to the park, and then we got their and the park was off limits for some reason... temper tantrum would ensue.

difficulty handling unpredictability, ambiguity, anything outside of the routine. Can't go with the flow.

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What is the diagnosis for this?

I always attributed these to AD/HD, but maybe something else? 
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It's not a diagnosis, but a cluster of symptoms being termed "explosive" by Ross Green in "The Explosive Child" and by people behind Collaborative Problem Solving:  https://thinkkids.org[/quote]

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