Child behaviour problems

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Child behaviour problems

Would you like to strengthen your child’s speech and language skills?

Would you like to strengthen your child’s speech and language skills?

Then this may be useful for you and your child.

Sometimes it is not an issue of understanding. Many kids have some difficulties with articulation and they need to develop how to move their mouths to make sounds accurately.

To help them you can play with mirrors while you say a fun tonguetwister!

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Remember to be patient and pertinent whilst choosing.

You can choose a phrase with the sound that your child is struggling with. For instance, if ‘r’ is confused with a ‘wa-like’ sound then maybe choosing a tongue-twister or a phrase (if your child is very young) that has many words with the sound ‘r’ at the beginning of a word, in the middle, and at the end.

Sometimes when children begin to learn spelling, the different sounds a letter or syllable has could be confusing for them so remember to be patient and explain succinctly the action.

Once you have chosen the phrase or tongue-twister, then place the mirror in front of your child, if you can use many so your child gets

to see all the angles and muscles used, then it could also help your child more. However, one mirror should suffice.

Make the sounds very clear, and exaggerate YOUR movements, letting your child know that you are exaggerating them so the movements are clear and evident. Articulate each sound slowly and correctly to model, so once you have exaggerated the movement, now do it normally but slooooooowly. Be in front of the mirror with your child and play! Make it fun and be patient.

The more you play and the more you make it enjoyable, the easier it should get for your child!

Remember to be patient, positive and pertinent. Enjoy!

Binge eating.

Although binge eating is more common in women, it also affects men. Binge eating disorder is different from being on holiday and eating a lot. Research shows that it has been correlated with depression.

Thus, the brain plays a crucial role in the way our neurotransmitters and the way our metabolism functions.

Additionally, binge eating disorder has been associated with emotional and physical abuse.

Therefore, some people who have undergone high emotional distress or have suffered physical abuse may be at risk of developing this eating disorder. Remember that people are

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different and the important issue here is to identify it or detect if there could be a risk in order to be mindful and prevent or treat.

Some of the symptoms are: -The individual feels he/she cannot control how much he/she eats -Feels upset after the binge -Does not exercise more or provokes any purging after eating (this would be related to a different disorder) -Eats noticeably more food than other people in the same situation This generally applies when a binge event happens at least once a week for three months on average.

It is important to mention that this does not mean that having an extra biscuit or an extra portion of mash potatoes will cause or is a symptom of binge eating disorder.

Instead, try to look at it from a perspective when there is a major difficulty to control food intake and the ingestion of food is extreme, especially if it is after or triggered by a distressing situation.

For instance, observe if your child is unusually quiet and did not say much about the school-day, additionally he/she seems upset and maybe you can notice a pattern when these

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signs happen and food intake increases extremely.

The latter is just an example, there are different situations that could trigger this. Hence, it is important to keep efficient communication with your children, especially if there are changes in the routine such as moving schools/home; a family member is ill or passed away; there is a new pupil at school that may be contributing to uncomfortable situations for your child.

If you detect the symptoms or worry about your child and eating disorders, visit your GP and your child will be assessed in order to get a referral when appropriate. It could be that your child needs a different routine for meals.

Remember that what works for other children would not necessarily work for yours. We are all different and our organism may respond differently.

As you can see, the situations could be rather different and in order to allow your children/teenagers to talk with you and trust you, you should be approachable.

ASKING before making any impulsive judgement, comment or accusation is recommended.

Breathe, digest what you have been told, take a few minutes or even just listen to your child and try to look for pertinent advice.

Gradually your child would understand that he/she can find an approachable person in you and that you will help even if he/ she has made a mistake.

Acknowledging a mistake is also a great step and requires courage, honesty and the motivation to be better.

Try to motivate them! Their improvement will become yours as well!

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