Silent Problems-Special Needs Tips
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Primary Goal
The primary goal is to minimize the trauma for your child. You can help them to minimize this by explaining to them that bedwetting runs in the family. Discuss with them who had the problem and how it was finally cured.
Pelvic Exercises
Do exercises that will help to increase bladder capacity. Encourage your child to try to hold back from going to the bathroom for ten to thirty minutes after they feel the initial urge to go.
Pelvic constriction exercises like kegals can help them to gain control over just starting to urinate.
Diet Diet Diet
While a good diet is important in maintaining normal blood pressure, it should be combined with regular exercise, which will lower blood pressure by conditioning the heart to work more efficiently.
Before you start any new exercise program, consult with your doctor. He/she will need to determine your safe level of activity.
Wear Your Glasses
Even if you are mildly near sighted and don't need your glasses all the time, always wear them after dark.
Genetic Tendency
Approximately one of three people have a genetic tendency to retain sodium. In this type of person, the restriction of salt beginning at an early age will reduce the risk of hypertension.
Get Professional Help
The best time to get help from a speech therapist is when your child is a preschooler. This is when they are really beginning to speak and are not yet fighting or reacting to the stuttering.
Cut The Glare
Your optometrist can put an antireflective coating on your glasses that will cut the glare and increase the light coming into your eye.
If you are having trouble seeing at night you should as him or her about this.
Create a Calm Communication Zone
Make a time when the child who stutters is given your individual attention each day. Do this so that they do not have to compete with the other children.
Don't Be A Fast Talker
If your normal rate of speech is rapid, slow your pace down. You need to be a good model for your child to follow when they speak.
Lose The Weight
Even if you are only a few pounds overweight, this can contribute to hypertension. Losing that extra weight can sometimes be all it takes to return that blood pressure to normal.
Set Aside A Chat Time
Have plenty of quiet talks with your child. A period of 5 to 10 minutes is fine, but just make sure that you do it often. Talk about things that interest your child without asking questions or intimidating them.
Don't Get Caught in the Headlights
As a rule, you will want to keep on coming headlights in your peripheral vision so that they do not momentarily blind you.
Do Not Make It a Taboo
Your child may feel that their stuttering is an unmentionable topic. Parents can end this feeling by using the most direct approach. Give plenty of emotional support when your child is having a hard time. You may want to say something to them like:
"That was really hard to say, wasn't it?"
or
"I sometimes have trouble saying that, too!"
No Smoking Please!
If you are a smoker, try to quit! Nicotine will raise your blood pressure and by quitting you can drop it by 10 points or more.
What is Normal?
A normal adult blood pressure is 140/85. If you are being classified as having hypertension, your doctor is most likely following these guidelines:
High normal or borderline is 140/85-89
Mild is 140-159/90-104
Moderate to severe is 160/105 and higher.
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