impulse control and body consciousness
Posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on October 7, 2001 at 21:24:26:
In reply to: Fidgeting (was: Re: child marriages, generally) posted by Sarah Jasmijn on October 7, 2001 at 16:31:07:
Yes, you were VERY unusual!I've had ONE child hold perfectly still for an extended period .. most
others were good for 15 - 20 mnutes.
Some adults have good impulse control, and enough body consciousness
to get hennaed well. Others however, don't seem to be able to relax
and be still no matter what. Some of the most difficult clients, in
terms of poor impulse control and short attention span have been
children and teens from crowded, impoverished urban areas. Some of
the easiest clients have been children and teens from rural areas. I
have no idea what that's about.
This child didn't seem to have *any* impulse control or body
consciousness! ADD? Perhaps. If something caught her eye ... she was
gone and after it! An honest to god perpetual motion machine. The
kitten helped, as she concentrated on the kitten and stayed put.
Honest, she was not able to put "keep your hand still" into behavior
AT ALL. She didn't mind my hand on her arm .... and it truely was the
only way to keep her hand from grabbing, fiddling, touching, poking,
smooshing her hand shut to see what the henna would feel like to
squish! She could focus on me for maybe 15 seconds at a shot, then it
was a book across the room or something else ... and if it caught her
attention ... she was off and running. To wit ... the moment her mom
turned away to cook dinner, the play doh was out ahd the henna was
history.
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Sarah Jasmijn 11:44:42 10/8/2001
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