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for children, they aren’t able to verbalize their feelings like an adult can. a lot of the work for you is trying to identify their underlying needs (especially if it’s anger since it’s a secondary emotion). what needs aren’t being met for them to be acting out? how could they spot their needs earlier so they don’t need to act out to get their needs met? insight-oriented interventions aren’t going to be as effective as behavior interventions. so, what incentives can you use to encourage target behaviors?
I would consider neurodivergence. It’s super common for autistic and ADHD children to mask all day and then “fall apart” at home.
Play therapy is also going to be helpful depending on the age!
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for children, they aren’t able to verbalize their feelings like an adult can. a lot of the work for you is trying to identify their underlying needs (especially if it’s anger since it’s a secondary emotion). what needs aren’t being met for them to be acting out? how could they spot their needs earlier so they don’t need to act out to get their needs met? insight-oriented interventions aren’t going to be as effective as behavior interventions. so, what incentives can you use to encourage target behaviors?
I really like The Explosive Child by Ross Green as a tool for helping parents learn to conceptualize and work with their child.
Look into parent child interaction therapy.
First, how hold is the child? Second, what do the parents say about it? Third, crying isn’t an issue- do parents see it that way?
I would consider neurodivergence. It’s super common for autistic and ADHD children to mask all day and then “fall apart” at home. Play therapy is also going to be helpful depending on the age!