Dear Sue
> Like Gerald and the others who have responded, I believe that
> often labels are given so that the labellers can make sense of
> the problem - the better to be able to appear expert - rather
> than to try to understand the behaviour behind what they are
> seeing, or indeed to listen.
I agree - my experience from many years working in child and
family psychiatry was precisely that, which is one reason why I
got out of it and went 'independent' a number of years ago -
then found that either I, or my OWN family, couldn't quite live
if I stayed 'independent'. 8-)
The child (as I said) wasn't the 'problem' - nor did he HAVE a
'problem' in some respects. It was the adults that had a problem
with HIM.
Such is life!
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Best wishes
Paul
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