Looking Beyond the Label

“If your head hurts, you’ve

probably been hitting it against a
wall.”

– Me
What are labels good for?

ADHD ODD EH

PDD ASD
Excuses for them and for us?

Guides for interaction and

instruction?
“If it hasn’t been working for the
last six months, chances are it
won’t work tomorrow.”

– Me
Pervasive Developmental
Disorders
Includes autism, Asperger, Rett, and
others

Severe Social Problems

Many Undiagnosed The

Facts
free choice rewards
specificity

provided escape
peer buddies
routine +
structure
How to
literal language Help
Attention Deficit Hyperactive
Disorder
Most Diagnosed: ≥10% The
Facts
Academic problems

Not related to IQ
prompt + fade

proximity How to
have an out
Help
attention guidance
routine +
structure community
Bipolar Disorder
Mania Dangerous as Depression

High Suicide Rate

Children = Rapid Cycling

The
Facts
attention
rest + escape

communication
physical activity

How to
responsibility
Help
Bullying & Aggression
 The
Bullies Are Created
Facts
Displaced Anger

60% Bullies = Adult Convicts

 clear definition
How to
leadership roles Help
break the frame
keep cool
eye contact
don’t hug a cactus
What are labels good for?

ADHD ODD EH

ASD PDD
 “We have to be more capable of
being calm and in control than they
are capable of having a problem.”

– Rick Sudsberry