4
Pathways and Triggers
Brought to Life
As you might imagine—given
the different pathways and triggers that could be in-
volved with each individual child—inflexibility and poor
frustration tolerance can look different in different chil-
dren. So that the characteristics you’ve read about start
to come to life, it’s useful for you to have a good idea of
what they look like in other kids. You’ll probably see sim-
ilarities between the children described in this chapter
and the explosive child you’re trying to parent or teach.
These children and their families are revisited in one way
or another throughout the book.
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