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Alas there is no therapy which can raise the disorder
(the primary defect). The problems mostly can be tempered
with adapted control. Hereby constant attention of the
environment will be necessary. You will always have
to think forward about events and alert for unrestrained
reactions. With McDD'ers, the regulationmechanism that
has to take care for balance in emotions and thoughts
has to be brought on from outside. Expert support is
certainly necessary and parents of children with McDD
have to learn themselves a way of educating where explanation
and restriction becomes a second nature. They can get
help from a family-aide.
The most important thing is to promote the cognitive
skills and learning how to apply them. It is important
that the fases wherein this has to happen, are carefully
chosen.
Conditions:
- a safe climate
- preventing of acitivities which
obstruct or damage developmental progress
- anxiety reduction
The last item is important because it can decrease rigidity
and stereotyp behaviour. People with PDD-NOS and McDD
often are strict on their habits and patterns. It has
the opposite result if this rigidity is going to be
seen and approached as stubborness.
The anxiety behind all this, is going to be increased
when acting strong against it.
In the treatment it will handle the extending of (social,
cognitive) skills, which can make the flexibility, necessary
to function in certain situations, to increase a little
bit.
Additional problems can be:
- eating problems
- sleep problems
- behaviour problems
- emotional problems
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