Self esteem
The profile for each individual is: Dependent on : • Severity of symptoms • Level of intervention • Present circumstances in their lives • Past experiences • Co-occurring disorders
The Dyscovery Centre
Understanding individual profiles • • • • • •
Overlap with other disorders Strengths Specific difficulties Triggers Home environment The bucket
The Dyscovery Centre
One child’s day.. Lots of drips… • John not being allowed to use the toilet when he asks, one time he asked to use it urgently and the response was 'I don't care'. • John being kept in at break time • He has been shouted at a lot • His behaviour is regarded as disrespectful because of his slouching and leaning on chairs to support himself. • His slowness at working sometimes frustrates the teachers • His seating position has an impact on his work as he is sat directly facing a wall while the rest of the class is in the main area of the classroom so he has to turn around in order to see the rest of his classmates. • He is not allowed to use his fiddle toy in school • Mr X told his brother( in ear shot of John) that he did not want him to turn out like his brother.
Intervention approaches • • • • •
Practicing what you can’t do Doing what you want to do Doing what you need to do Avoiding what is difficult and is likely to persist Seeking out strengths
Approaches to support How much time have you got What is important for now What is important for the future Listening to the child Practising enough
What can you do? • • • • •
Practice the difficulty Avoid the difficulty Adapt the task Change the environment Change the attitude
Practise the difficulty “It's a funny thing, the more I practise the luckier I get�. Arnold Palmer
Avoid the difficulty
ASUS Eee PC
Adapt the task
Shoe lace tying
Change the Environment
Change the attitude • Yours – is it important now- will it be important later? • Yours- is it important forever? • His /hers • Others
Seek out strengths
Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another. Walter Elliott
I have been a misfit since childhood. I knew that no one understood me, not even my father. He once said, "You are not a madman, fit to be put in a madhouse, nor are you monk to be put in a monastery. I just don't know what you are!"
I replied: "You know, father, I can tell you what it is like. Once a duck egg was put under a hen to be hatched. When the egg hatched, the duckling walked along with the mother hen until they came to a pond. The duckling took a nice dip in the water. But the hen stayed on the bank and clucked. Now, my dear father, after having tried the sea I find it my home. If you choose to stay on the shore, is it my fault? I am not to be blamed." There are some who are born to go a very different way
Concentrate on what you can do You never can’t do something …. Just can’t yet Recognise the changes that HAVE happened
Finally Celebrate successes Think about the long haul and keep in mind what is relevant for a contented adult life Work with interests and strengths as an opportunity for careers