I've been reading a lot of parenting books lately, and one thing I've seen a lot of is authoritarian responses to "bad behavior." Too many authors seem totally unaware of the physical problems that can cause a child to be "disruptive." They also seem to look at children as though they are either exactly like grownups, with all of the experiences, hangups, and subtle thinking, or that they are sort of half-pint half-wits. They often define disruptive, indirectly of course, as "doing something other than what I want him or her to do," "being inconvenient," "embarrassing me." Dealing with sensory integration, sensory defensiveness, and tactile defensiveness has taught me a lot about what disruptive really means. I'd like to hear your stories about disruptive children and your coping mechanisms. Thanks.
