<r><COLOR color="black"><s></s>We need help. Our son is 6 years old and seems to have a number of behavioral issues. He has one sibling; a 4-year old sister.<e></e></COLOR><br/>
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<COLOR color="black"><s></s>Since he was 3 or 4, we noticed he was very late to start talking. At age 4 we registered him in pre-K and they told us he needed special help. We sent him to a child psychologist and she recommended he get help, but that he did not have intelligence issues. Rather, she said he needed special help in learning.<e></e></COLOR><br/>
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<COLOR color="black"><s></s>Now he will turn 6 soon and is in Kindergarten. He speaks, but seemingly limited and talks in run-on sentences often. When he is instructed to do something simple, he sometimes understands and sometimes he seems not to.<e></e></COLOR><br/>
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<COLOR color="black"><s></s>We enrolled him in beginner karate and after one year he still has not gotten beyond his white belt. He is asked to sit down each session since he does not pay attention.<e></e></COLOR><br/>
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<COLOR color="black"><s></s>When we speak to him, he has great difficulty looking inot our eyes, and we have to force him to look at us and sit still.<e></e></COLOR><br/>
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<COLOR color="black"><s></s>He now has gotten into the habit of bullying his sister - taking things away and hiding them, telling her he does not love here and sometimes even hitting her.<e></e></COLOR><br/>
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<COLOR color="black"><s></s>He also seems to exhibit extreme selfishness. If he has something that should be shared (coins, toys), he chooses the worst one (a penny, for example) and gives it to his sister, keeping the remainder for himself. He says “No” constantly.<e></e></COLOR><br/>
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<COLOR color="black"><s></s>He reads, but still struggles. Although he surprises us sometimes that he can read complex words like "sweet" and "cream" almost instantly.<e></e></COLOR><br/>
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<COLOR color="black"><s></s>Any suggestions? We are very against medication unless absolutely necessary. On one hand I tell my wife he is just a normal boy, but if there is a problem we could have tackled early on and don’t do so, I would never forgive myself. We are considering returning to the child psychologist. Any help or ideas would really be appreciated!<e></e></COLOR><br/>
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<COLOR color="black"><s></s>Since he was 3 or 4, we noticed he was very late to start talking. At age 4 we registered him in pre-K and they told us he needed special help. We sent him to a child psychologist and she recommended he get help, but that he did not have intelligence issues. Rather, she said he needed special help in learning.<e></e></COLOR><br/>
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<COLOR color="black"><s></s>Now he will turn 6 soon and is in Kindergarten. He speaks, but seemingly limited and talks in run-on sentences often. When he is instructed to do something simple, he sometimes understands and sometimes he seems not to.<e></e></COLOR><br/>
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<COLOR color="black"><s></s>We enrolled him in beginner karate and after one year he still has not gotten beyond his white belt. He is asked to sit down each session since he does not pay attention.<e></e></COLOR><br/>
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<COLOR color="black"><s></s>When we speak to him, he has great difficulty looking inot our eyes, and we have to force him to look at us and sit still.<e></e></COLOR><br/>
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<COLOR color="black"><s></s>He now has gotten into the habit of bullying his sister - taking things away and hiding them, telling her he does not love here and sometimes even hitting her.<e></e></COLOR><br/>
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<COLOR color="black"><s></s>He also seems to exhibit extreme selfishness. If he has something that should be shared (coins, toys), he chooses the worst one (a penny, for example) and gives it to his sister, keeping the remainder for himself. He says “No” constantly.<e></e></COLOR><br/>
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<COLOR color="black"><s></s>He reads, but still struggles. Although he surprises us sometimes that he can read complex words like "sweet" and "cream" almost instantly.<e></e></COLOR><br/>
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<COLOR color="black"><s></s>Any suggestions? We are very against medication unless absolutely necessary. On one hand I tell my wife he is just a normal boy, but if there is a problem we could have tackled early on and don’t do so, I would never forgive myself. We are considering returning to the child psychologist. Any help or ideas would really be appreciated!<e></e></COLOR><br/>
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