Melissa Neff
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first heard Jun 2017
last heard Dec 2022
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The demands are based more in the child's interests and it's more autodidactic where the child is choosing.
their curriculum or choosing what to learn about or choosing the order in which they do things.
These kids tend to do best when they can create
Or when a parent can create
the curriculum for them.
And what's interesting about them versus maybe a child with Asperger's is that
They don't tend to do very well with routine because that's a demand.
So let's say a parent creates a routine for them.
Well that's a demand that they're expected to
follow and and that creates intense anxiety depending on the day and the mood and the window of tolerance, but
Let's say that they can meet the demand, they may be able to do it.
So it really just depends.
Um
It really depends, but but you have to because these kids need novelty.
You may have to continue to get creative about what works for them.
Um going back to kind of Harry Thompson and his story.
In the UK he talks in his novel or in his memoir about
going to several different schools and how he does really well for periods of time and then does his outrageous behavior or avoidance behavior and gets kicked out or decides he doesn't want to go anymore and then finds the next place that feels right to him.
And that's very, very tough on families.
Very tough on families.
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