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Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP) For Bipolar Disorder

Thursday, September 16, 2010

So, as you know by now, we have a few difficulties with the school Rye attends.  And that would be a gross understatement.  Without going back over it all, suffice it to say this is not the most enlightened, progressive, or proactive public school in the world.  Or, even in our county  (which, by the [...]

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Can Chiropractic Adjustments Cure Bipolar Disorder?

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

A few weeks back a mom emailed me regarding her daughter who had been diagnosed as a young girl with bipolar disorder.  Her daughter is now grown but through a series of emails she shared with me a bit of history about her daughter’s struggles when she was younger with school and moods and their [...]

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Homeschool: The How And What

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

This is not our first time around on homeschooling.  We did it for over a year in the 4th-5th grade.  At the point I pulled Rye out of 4th grade, he was falling behind academically and was extremely frustrated by the school environment. Which, for us, meant nearly daily meltdowns at home.  I pulled him [...]

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Homeschooling Bipolar

Monday, April 26, 2010

Homeschooling is going well for us.  Life is so much calmer now.  I am loving it.
It’s funny, though.  Sometimes Rye’s friends ask me why we are homeschooling now (in case you don’t follow the blog, we just recently went back to homeschooling after about a year in public school).  I explain to them that because [...]

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Psychiatric Medications And Children

Monday, April 19, 2010

Some thoughts on psychiatric medications and children:
I’ve been reading a lot of articles lately of recent accounts of children dying from taking pharmaceutical psychiatric drugs.  In one case the child’s body system shut down due to overdose, in another the child had a heart attack, and in another the child hung himself.
And all I can [...]

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The World Is A Classroom

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

I was watching “19 Kids and Counting” tonight and Michelle Duggar said this about her kids and homeschooling, the world is a classroom.   I thought it was great.   Because it’s so true.  And I wonder, is “out-of-school schooling” better for some kids that “in-school schooling”?  Could be.  And I may have one of those kids.
Now, [...]

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It’s Saturday

Saturday, March 6, 2010

Well, I dropped Rye off at his fishing tournament bright and early this morning.  It’s a beautiful day here so he should have a good day and I now have some time to myself to piddle as Don is out of town visiting family for the weekend.
As I was driving to the lake I couldn’t [...]

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NIMH Studies Seeking Participants

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

National Institute of Mental Health Clinical Trials
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/trials/index.shtml
I personally have mixed feeling about these trials and would not involve my child in any that involved medication but I do think participating in these studies can be a good way to get tests and services that one might not be able to afford or have access to [...]

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Massage, Anxiety And Mood

Monday, February 22, 2010

So, when 2010 began Don and I agreed that as a part of Rye’s mood management routine here at the house we would incorporate regular massage to help him relax and regulate his anxiety and overall mood.  Don and I are both big fans of and believers in massage and between us use massage weekly [...]

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…’should’ continued…

Thursday, February 18, 2010

so, as to the don’t ’should’ story…
What Red meant in this statement is that it is not good for one to look at the world through a lens of ’shoulds’ because you ruin what is by comparing it to what you feel, for whatever reason, should be.
In other words,  by ’shouding’ all over everything,  not [...]

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Mood Swings or Manipulation?

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Having a naturally highly emotional child, this is one of the factors we deal with on a weekly basis.
What is real emotion?  What behaviors and reactions are in the child’s control?  Which ones are not in their control?  And which ones are being used to manipulate?
It’s hard to know sometimes.
As Rye becomes older and enters [...]

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