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Mental
Disorders
Excerpt from “Caring for a Hyperactive Child” by H.W. Gade (2002)
This
section is mostly aimed at the pedagogues and teachers, but should also be read
carefully by the parents, their family and friends.
Morning
Meeting / First Lesson
The
first lesson can be a trial both to the child, the
other kids, and the teachers / pedagogues. Even if the medicine works, the child
will be nervous due to the many kids and the change from the bus to the school. This can
easily be the cause of conflicts.
ÿ If / when the
conflicts arise, it may be necessary to let the child be alone with a grownup
until it calms down again.
Being
with Other Kids
In
a school, being with more than 1-2 children is often necessary. Unfortunately,
this will mean a lot of conflicts, if not handled methodically with great
attention to any signs of a coming conflict.
ÿ Signs of a
conflict could be that the child starts moving in
the chair, laughs for no reason, talks nonsense or starts touching the other
kids.
ÿ Digression or
isolation of the child can be the only solutions to a conflict. Try to stop the
conflict by giving the child an easy task to be involved in, thus forgetting
its fear of the other children. You can also ask the child to get some juice in
the kitchen, together with one of the pedagogues. This will seem like a reward rather than a punishment.
ÿ Every time
the ADHD child does something for the whole class, e.g. getting juice or toys,
the image of the “irritating” child will turn into the positive image of a
helpful mate, leading to a better position in the class and higher self-esteem. The tasks of the
child should of course be managed strictly by the teacher/pedagogue, to avoid the
child being distracted on its way to the kitchen, thus starting a new conflict.
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Excerpt from “Daily Life with Tourette’s Syndrome” by H.W. Gade (2003)
ÿ All Tourette children are turned on by a goal / a
reward. If this inner motivation is present, the child will thrive. But
motivating the child is a question of knowing the interests and gifts of the
child. So carefully plan your activities with the child to involve its special
talent(s) in order to support the learning process and the self-esteem of the child.
Workout
and Sport
A
Tourette child should workout as much as possible (but not every day!) Long
bicycle trips are not only good for your body, but can heal depressions and
anxiety. Sport is another
possibility, unless the child has motor problems. All body
activities give psychic well-being.
Music and Art
When
the Tourette child reaches puberty, and the tics start
disappearing, it will be ready for creative work, which is the positive part of
being a Tourette patient. If he/she is fond of music, now it’s time to send the
youngster to the music school. There are also good
art schools and amateur theatres, where the kids
can have their first exiting meetings with art and Culture.
Remember
to give the kid rewarding experiences in the theatre, in concerts and
through good books and poems. Teenagers with
Tourette are extremely sensitive, and poems could contribute to their cultural
knowledge and self-perception.
A
foreign language course in an evening school is a good idea. Motivating the kids to
learn a new language themselves makes them learn it at double speed
compared to the school. Spanish is an important language, but French, German or
Italian are also useful languages in the new Europe. On a language course, you
may also meet new friends, who don’t know you
as the ”weird” child.
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Excerpt from “Daily Life with a Retarded Child” by H.W. Gade (2005)
It
is so hard to understand for parents like us, that our moderately retarded
child is not like us. There must be a way to evoke the “sleeping” intelligence reserves, it just a passing problem, he will
learn in school. But there’s but emptiness, where the logic
and the conscious actions reside in “normal” persons like
us. There is but emptiness. And it is so hard to understand for a parent who
loves his child. There is but emptiness, and you child cannot live on your
false hopes. Surrender to the sorrow, but it is a grief
for your own dreams. Your child live in a dreamless day occupied by the little and the near,
repetition, safety. There are no plans, no grand dreams. There are only the
fleeting days, daddy and mommy.
Without a superego, all actions become
impulsive and illogical. The actions of the child
are not necessarily meaningless, but seldom driven by a conscious wish of carrying out a certain task. As
the child does not understand himself, it often looses contact with his body and actions. It can be heard in the language, when the child
calls himself by name and seldom use “me” or “mine”. He recognizes the words,
but he does not understand their deeper contents, as he doesn’t understand
himself.
Your child lives in a word that resembles your own. But this is only on
the surface; you will never be able to fully understand the world of your child. You
share nothing but the Love.
Flexible
Behaviour
Throughout the childhood, the child is taught and
rehearses socially acceptable behaviour in various situations. Retarded children
often have great problems behaving “normally”. Their lack of understanding
rules and “general behaviour” restrains their contact with other children and
grownups.
The psychologists have made a list with typical examples
of social behaviour, which are
difficult to many retarded children. By focusing on the unique problems of each
child, you slowly develop a key to solving the problems, behavioural therapy and rehearsing “correct” social
behaviour.
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Sexuality
Excerpt from “Sex – an Apology for Love” by Tom Carter-Smith (2002)
What is Sex?
A
sudden blow: the great wings beating still
Above
the staggering girl, her thighs caressed
By
the dark webs, her nape caught in his bill,
He
holds her helpless breast upon his breast.
How
can those terrified vague fingers push
The
feathered glory from her loosening thighs?
And
how can body, laid in that white rush,
But
feel the strange heart beating
where it lies?
A
shudder in the loins engenders there,
The
broken wall, the burning roof and tower…
[William Butler
Yeats, from “Leda and the Swan”]
What
was that?
He: running through the
park this warm summer afternoon, his feet moving in slow-motion. The dark green
leaves, the bridge, the dried-out brook – and suddenly the feeling of the groin
slowly exploding in a frightening ecstasy,
some strange fluid running down his leg.
He stops, panting; his heart’s
throbbing and his legs are trembling. What was that?
She: The sun rises dimly
over the suburb. She enters the bathroom with sleepy movements, turns on the light,
takes off the clothes. Starts filling the bathtub, hot water splashing, steam
swirling towards the damp roof. Tiny drops dripping, the delightful warmth of
her body soaked in soapy water – the sudden
shiver looking down at the unmentionable parts. Black traces of blood smeared all over her thighs. Yearning to tell her mother; so frightened and full of shame, curious. What was that?
Puberty
This
is the dawn of sexual maturing, the girl having her first menstruation, the boy having his first, unwilling ejaculation. Firstly full of fear, secondly curious and shameful of the trying hands, the hidden looks in
the mirror. And finally you start talking to your best friends, listening to the fantastic stories of an endless row of boyfriends and
wild adventures. How dares she!
Oh
No! I Hate Sex!
Sitting
by the computer, intensely playing with your new game. Take a sip of the
lukewarm juice. Doorbell ringing, your mother opens the door and your
friend enters the room with a broad grin. But oh no, we’re not going to surf
that kind of pages, oh no – let’s rather watch the new game.
Games
are for little boys. Turn that stupid thing off! Let me show you the web pages,
I found yesterday. Disappointed, irritated, then strange feelings from beneath, you’re not a
little boy anymore.
Teenagers
Most
of us have sweethearts and games of love at a very early age. In the
kindergarten, the girls “marry” the boys in the knickers, playing doctor intensely, hidden from the
grownups, innocently.
But
now comes the puberty, when the grownup body starts speaking to us. We
are built to have children at an age of 12-13, but our
culture and educational needs prolong the realization of a grownup life; we
become children with a mature body and a shaky, immature mind.
We
fear the sensations of the body, strange hair growing everywhere, the pimples, the shooting legs, the
full breasts, making the boys shy away – then masturbating in the bathroom afterwards.
The
heated arguments with your parents, the never-ending philosophical discussions with your friends, tons of books, and the occasional glimpses of nakedness.
Then
suddenly you realize that the annoying feeling of shame has turned into a red-hot
lust for sex and romance. Or romance and sex. Or only romance. Or only sex. What am I to do?
What’s wrong with me?
What’s
wrong with me?
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