The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically I

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families (continued )
as hindrance to Plan B, 205
impact of explosions on, 3, 9, 52
tensions within, 62, 70–71, 87
See also parents; siblings
family dinner problem, 156
feedback, from teachers, 202–3, 240
feeding difficulties, 13
feeling words, 188–89
fish oil, 239
flaxseed oil, 239
flexibility
all children want to do well, 46
characteristics of explosive children,
63
consequences, 81, 82
as critical skill, 12–14, 20, 82–83
developmental age, 167–68
emotion regulation skills, 36
executive skills, 25
identification of factors compromising
skills of, 23
identification of pathways, 25, 36, 45
lag in development of skills for, 12–15,
20, 85, 272
as learning disability, 16, 227
Plan A, 91
Plan B in school, 261
reduction on demands for, 87
residential facilities, 230
social skills, 45
standard approach to behavior
management, 78
training other skills with Plan B, 198
understanding of explosive children, 18
See also cognitive flexibility skills;
inflexibility
fluoxetine (Prozac), 237
fluvoxamine (Luvox), 237
food problem, and Plan C, 93
friendships, 3, 52, 64. See also social
skills
frustrated (word), and language
processing skills, 189

frustration tolerance

all children want to do well philosophy,

46

of babies, 13–14

characteristics of explosive children, 2,

6–8

cognitive flexibility skills, 43, 197

consequences, 74, 79, 81–82, 90

CPS as model for use with all children,

275

as critical skill, 20, 82–83

delayed responses to, 163–64

description of difficulties by explosive

children, 20

developmental age, 167–68

differences between other children and

explosive children, 7–8

disciplinary practices at school,

248–249

emotion regulation skills, 36–37

example of Proactive Plan B, 129

executive skills, 25–26

expressing frustration, 275

identification and articulation of, 194,

213

identification of factors compromising

skills of, 23

identification of pathways, 25–26, 32,

36, 37, 43

identification of problems, 88–89

importance of decreasing level of, 87

individuality of child, 49

lack of thinking skills, 85

lag in development of skills for, 12–15,

20, 272

language processing skills, 32, 188–94

as learning disability, 16, 227, 250

medications, 240

onset of, 13–14

of parents, 18–19, 81, 175–76

Plan A, 91

Plan B in school, 261, 269

real world, 129

residential facilities, 230