Dr. David Coleman

You know, in most situations, for example, if he's talking to a sports coach or a teacher,

Like it is helpful when they also correct him and say, you know, let him know that it's not OK for him to, you know, to second guess them or whatever the circumstance is.

And so I think it's just through that repeated explanation that, you know, what he's doing while, you know, there's a rationale behind it and while he may be correct.

um that being correct and and proving your correctness isn't always the the goal when it comes to the the social interaction but it is very tricky because um yeah i'm sure you know rationally he'll always have the last word in proving that he is correct and and so yeah it's just it's like one of those things that's going to be a constant frustration for them and and sometimes it will be for the parents

about helping other people to recognize that this is just part of his personality.

This is just a thing he does.

And, you know, if they can tolerate it, great.

If they can't, well, you know, the other thing that he's going to learn over time is that people will pull back from him.

And that might be the point at which maybe he can begin to change some of his behavior.

That's absolutely where I'd start.

I think if as a parent you've come to recognise that some of the things that your child is doing

It may reflect some kind of neurodivergency like ADHD or autism.

And if you can afford it, because going through the public services usually involves a very long wait.

But if you can afford it, I would certainly recommend that you go and get it assessed.

I'm always a fan of assessment in as much as what you will discover is either your child has the thing.

Or they don't.

Either way, you should get more information about your child and more information about some of the things that are going to impact them and then impact how they interact with the world.

So I think you're going to get more understanding of your son from the assessment.

And it might then be the case that, you know, through the assessment process, you can also get some guidance in terms of how you're going to best respond to certain situations or certain triggers for him or something.

And because I think that is the really tricky bit, you know, it's one thing to understand that your child might have something like ADHD.