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Winged Heart: The Highly Sensitive Child

A highly sensitive person (HSP) is a person having the innate trait of high sensory processing sensitivity (or innate sensitiveness as Carl Jung originally coined it). According to Elaine N. Aron The Highly Sensitive Person and colleagues as well as other researchers, highly sensitive people, who comprise about a fifth of the population (equal numbers in men and women), may process sensory data much more deeply and thoroughly due to a biological difference in their nervous systems.

This is a specific trait, with key consequences for how we view people, that in the past has often been confused with innate shyness, social anxiety problems, inhibitedness, social phobia and innate fearfulness, and introversion (30% of those with the trait are extroverts). The trait is measured using the HSP Scale, which has been demonstrated to have both internal and external validity. Although the term is primarily used to describe humans, something similar to the trait is present in over 100 other species.

The attributes of HSPs can be remembered as DOES:

•Depth of processing.
•Over aroused (easily compared to others).
•Emotional reactivity and high empathy.
•Sensitivity to subtle stimuli.

HSP students work differently from others. They pick up on subtleties and may think about them a long time before demonstrating their grasp of a subject. If an HSP student is not contributing much to a discussion, it does not necessarily mean he or she does not understand or is too shy. HSPs often have insights they are afraid to reveal because they differ from the common view, or because speaking up is too over arousing for them.

For ideas on teaching sensitive students, see The Temperament Perspective or the final pages of The Highly Sensitive Person. HSPs are usually very conscientious, and gifted with great intelligence, intuition and imagination, but under-perform when being evaluated. This also applies to work situations; HSPs can be great employees – good with details, thoughtful and loyal, but they do tend to work best when conditions are quiet and calm.

Because HSPs perform less well when being watched, they may be overlooked for a promotion. HSPs tend to socialize less with others, often preferring to process experiences quietly by themselves. The ability to unconsciously or semi-consciously process environmental subtleties often contributes to an HSP seeming “gifted” or possessing a “sixth sense”.

HIGHLY SENSITIVE CHILDREN…

· Become easily overwhelmed.
· Are cautious in new situations.
· Notice more (changes, subtleties, relationships,
other’s people’s moods & expressions, etc.).
· Think more about what they have noticed.
· Have rich inner lives.
· Feel things intensely.
· Are unusually empathic.
· Are highly intuitive.
· Are conscientious.
· Are exceptionally creative.
· Are exceptionally cooperative and kind— except when
overwhelmed.
· Are more likely to become fearful, shy, worried, or sad.
· May stand out as “different”.

Contact us for an Assessment to find out more about this Temperament Trait and how to help your child thrive in a world that seems to overwhelm them, at times.

Highly Sensitive Child Assessment

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Strong-willed Children: ParentingTips

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Tips for Positive Parenting of a Strong-Willed Child

1.  Give them choices when possible.

Giving orders to them often opens the door for argument and conflict.  However, when you offer a choice they are more likely to be cooperative, as they had some say in the matter.

If doing something is non-negotiable, a good way to handle it is:  “Do you want to do your chores now, or do you want to wait till after our snack?”  They still have to do it, but get a choice as to when.

2. Remember the GOOD things about them.

The description “strong-willed child” usually has a negative connotation,  but it’s NOT a negative thing!  A strong will is a positive trait that  requires parents to guide and channel in the right direction.

Strong-willed children are usually self-motivated and focused.  They go after what they want, and don’t let peer pressure sway them.  These are traits that make great leaders!

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3.  Have consistent rules and routines.

A strong-willed child needs parents that are strong-willed, and who will enforce the rules and routines.   They need to know that if the rule is NO about something, that’s not going to change by them pushing and begging.  Have specific limits and rules, that always have a consistent response.

If you are consistent with the rules and routines with all the kids in the family, the strong-willed child will quickly realize that you aren’t picking on them.  For example,  rather than telling them to hurry and get ready for bed, calmly remind them “The rule is be in your bed by 8:30.  If you hurry, we’ll have time to read a book!“  This puts the ball in THEIR court.

4.  Don’t allow yourself to react to their behavior, while forgetting to focus on their heart.

It is easy to get frustrated with the way they push the limits, and try to get their way.  Rather than focusing on those behaviors, try to see what is going on their heart that you need to deal with.  Molding their heart should be our focus, rather than changing their behavior.

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5.  Realize that sometimes “winning the battle” with them, means you lose their heart.

If “winning” is going to cost you the relationship, take a break and tell the child that you will talk about it later.  Refuse to let them engage you in argument and anger, by walking away and saying “I need to think some more about this.  We will discuss it tomorrow.” 

Sometimes we choose battles that aren’t important enough, and then we don’t want to back down.  Be wise, and re-consider.

If you still feel you need to stand strong, approach it with a kind heart and explain, “As your parent, I love you and want what is best for you.  I don’t feel this is something I can allow, even though I know you really want to do it.  I know you are disappointed, and I understand that.  How about if we choose a special activity in place of that – what would you like to do?”

This shows them that you care about them, and their emotions.  It also shows that you respect their feelings. and will help you to win their heart!

6. Pray for wisdom!

None of us can be perfect parents, and with the strong-willed child, we ARE going to make mistakes.  However, we CAN be praying parents, and that is the source of our power!  Don’t try to do it in your own strength or wisdom, but go to God daily and seek His help.  (Prayer – It Makes a Difference!)

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7.  Tell them “I love you!” often!

Because you will tend to have frequent confrontations with the strong-willed child, it’s important to make a habit of frequently telling them that you love them.  Don’t assume that they know that – they need to HEAR it! 

Being confident of your love for them helps them to trust you have their best interest at heart when there is a difference of opinion or conflict. When they are being stubborn, it is a good time to remind them that you love them just the way they are, and how glad you are God gave them to you.

Hang in there on the tough days, Moms and Dads!  God gave you that strong-willed child, and He will give you the strength and wisdom you need!

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  • Sourced from: http://thecharactercorner.com/parenting-a-srong-willed-child/

Parenting Kids With Slow-toWarm-Up Temperament

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– by Karen Stephens, sourced from: http://www.easternflorida.edu/community-resources/child-development-centers/parent-resource-library/documents/parenting-the-slow-to-warm-temperament.pdf

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Within the first hours, days, and weeks of birth, a child’s unique style of responding to the world is revealed by his or her behavior. That style, called temperament, is genetically influenced as well as affected by parents’ and caregivers’ guidance.

 
Temperament is stable throughout life. How well children (and their parents) learn to cope with individual temperament can vary a lot. For simplicity, researchers and educators group temperament characteristics into three descriptive categories: easy, difficult’ and slow-to-warm-up. They aren’t meant to label, just describe general tendencies. Each temperament has its own strengths and challenges; one isn’t better than another. Working with temperament, rather than denying or ignoring it, is a constructive, respectful way to guide children’s development. It helps kids navigate their expanding social world with their self esteem intact.

 
This column examines the characteristics of slow-to-warm-up temperament. Slow to-warm-up children, about 20% of kids, are distinguished by their cautious nature and wait and see attitude. Given time to warm-up at their own pace, they gradually adjust to new circumstances or routines. When making decisions, they need more time as they pause and check out options. Slow-to-warm-up kids do adapt slower to newness and change, and they are less flexible adjusting to first encounters or new routines. But when well prepared for change, they do adapt.

 
These children tend to be very sensitive to external stimulation. In fact, research shows their brains literally take in more sensory information to process. And thus, they are more prone to becoming overwhelmed or over-stimulated by loud sounds, new textures, extreme temperatures, pain, and environments that are crowded, chaotic, disorganized. Slow-to-warm-up children are very sensitive to their own emotions and the emotions of others. What they feel, they feel intensely. With wise guidance, they become people of great compassion and empathy. These traits help them establish close friendships with peers and adults. They prefer to establish a few loyal friendships, rather than many.

 
Early in life slow-to-warm-up children can be unflatteringly labeled as: shy, reserved, timid, fearful, picky, whiny, slow-poke, bashful, anxious, scaredy-cat, touchy, stubborn, delayed, babyish, or backward. These labels typecast children into stereotypes that mask and even stunt their true abilities. When attitudes behind labels change, children can be taught to adapt well.

 
Overall, slow-to-warm-up kids are usually only shy or disoriented at first, and they aren’t as fearful as they are judicious. Slow-to-warm-up kids don’t leap before they think things through; they stand back, look, and listen. Once they establish a rapport with people and trust in a situation’s safety, they can be as outgoing, friendly, creative, and adventurous as the next child. That said, below are tips for being the affirming and responsive parent that slow-to-warm-up kids need as they mature to their full potential.

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Parenting Tips

 
• Accept your slow-to-warm-up child for who they are. Resist trying to change them. Build on their traits rather than wish them away. Avoid unflattering comparisons with siblings or peers.

 
• Focus on the positive side of temperament. A slow-to-warm-up child has many skills that can be nurtured; find and reinforce them.

 
• Prepare children in steps for new experiences. For instance, break down how to meet a new dog into manageable steps so your child experiences success. “Stand still with your hands down so the dog can see you mean no harm.” “Use a quiet voice.” Avoid unflattering comparisons, “Look, that girl isn’t afraid of the dog. You shouldn’t be either.”

 
• Increase your patience. Avoid teaching kids with sink or swim strategies. Pushing a child too fast makes kids more rigid and frightened rather than more confident and safe.

 
• Interpret situations matter-of-factly. Resist coddling and giving a child’s hesitance too much attention. Make simple statements such as, “You watch the children singing before you join in the circle. That’s your way of relaxing.”

 
• Provide time for reflection and re-filling emotional reserves. The author of The Highly Sensitive Child believes daily exposure to nature outdoors is also necessary for these children.

• Help children become in tune to their own body rhythms. Schedule special activities that demand extra energy, such as going to the dentist or festival, during your child’s up times.

 
• Give kids time to respond when adults try to talk to them. Resist jumping in and answering for them in hopes of hiding a child’s slower approach to new people. Not giving children time to respond is a subtle way of saying you think they will fail if you don’t talk for them.

 
• Translate your child’s behavior for new people. This is very helpful for new teachers at child care or school. Tell them: “It takes John a little while to get used to a new place. It’s best if we don’t push him too fast.”

 
• Stand up for your child if someone labels him or her. If a teacher reports, “Tarah wouldn’t try her cottage cheese at lunch today. Is she that stubborn at home, too?” You can graciously respond that you don’t consider your child stubborn, just wary of the food texture. If someone calls your child “shy” you can counter with: “It will take a few days, but once she knows it’s safe, she’ll be building blocks with the other kids in no time.”

 
• Believe kids when they feel more than you do. Avoid discounting children’s feelings, including claims of pain.

 
• Model coping skills. Coach kids in prevention and problem-solving. A friend’s child took forever ordering at restaurants. Rather than face a predictable ordeal, she collected menus from their favorite spots and kept them in the car. While en route, her child got a head-start on ordering decisions.

 
• Prepare kids for changes or new experiences. Slow-to-warm-up kids need more time to process information. The bigger the change, the more questions a child will have. Spend more time preparing or even rehearsing for change. Playing with dolls or puppets is a great way for kids to work through their feelings.

 
• Coach children on ways to join their friends’ play. Example: “They’re pretending a house is on fire. You can ask if you can help spray water on it.”

 
• Alert kids to predictable sensitivities. “It’s going to be loud and crowded in the grocery store tonight. We’ll finish as soon as we can.”

 
• Model calm expression of feelings. Of course, this is especially important when you’re mad, frustrated, or tired.

 
• Use positive discipline. Guidance and coaching should be your first responses.

 

Helpful Parenting Books

 
• The Highly Sensitive Child: Helping our Children Thrive When the World Overwhelms Them by Elaine N. Aron.
New York: Broadway Books, 2002.
• The Shy Child: Helping Children Triumph over Shyness by Ward K. Swallow. New York: Warner Books, 2000.
Reassuring Children’s Books
• Let’s Talk About Being Shy by Marianne Johnston. New York: Powerkids Press, 2003.
• Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus. New York: HarperCollins, 1971.
• The Shy Little Girl by Phyllis Krasilovsky. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1970.

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Sourced from: http://www.adoption.org.za and https://www.westerncape.gov.za/service/adopting-child

1.  A DEFINITION OF ADOPTION

Adoption is the legal act of permanently placing a child with a parent or parents other than the child’s birth/biological mother or father. A legal adoption order has the effect of terminating the parental rights of the birth mother and father, while transferring (i.e. ‘handing over to’) the parental rights and responsibilities to the adoptive parents. The adopted child must, for all intents and purposes, be regarded as the child of the adoptive parent/s.

2.  THE ADOPTION PROCESS

In South Africa, the only way in which you can legally adopt a child is by working through an accredited adoption agency, or with the assistance of an adoption social worker functioning within the statutory accredited adoption system.

When working through an adoption agency, the process usually starts with the prospective adoptive parents submitting an application to the agency. Each agency has its own set of requirements – it’s a good idea to phone the particular agency to get their set of criteria before you actually apply in writing. Getting your application right from the start can save a lot of time later.

All prospective adoptive parents are required to undergo a screening and preparation process. Adoption agencies are often criticized for ‘all the red tape’ or ‘making applicants jump through too many hoops’. But if one considers that in most cases the social worker is completely responsible for making a decision about a child’s future, the involved process becomes a necessity to ensure that the right parent(s) is/are chosen for every child – the parent(s) that will provide the specific child in question with the best possible home and family.

The screening process normally involves orientation meetings, interviews with a social worker, full medicals, marriage and psychological assessments, home visits, police clearance and references.

The screening process basically allows social workers to get to know prospective adopters as a family, their motivation to adopt and their ability to offer a child a warm, loving and stable home.

Once the screening process is complete, applicants are placed on a waiting list for a child. Applicants have their own ideas and wishes about the child they wish to adopt – they can decide about the age and sex of the baby or child they would like to adopt and adoption agencies will try to meet those personal expectations

It’s a very joyous and happy day when the new parents are informed that they have been matched to a child and arrangements will be made for them to meet the child. There is usually a period of introduction to the child, the length of time varying according to the child’s age.

The official placement of the child with the adoptive parents is a legal process, carried out through the Children’s Court. Once the child has been with the new parents for a period of time and the social worker has assessed the adoption to be in the best interests of the child, the adoption is finalized through the Children’s Court. The child then becomes the legal child of the adoptive parents as if the child was born to them and has all the same rights as a biological child.

3.  TYPES OF ADOPTIONS

Legal adoptions can take many forms, as set out below:

Related Adoption: Adoption of a child by a person who is related to the child. This includes step-parent adoptions where there are varying levels of openness between the parties in the adoption.

Disclosed Adoption: The identity of the biological parent/s and the identity of the adoptive parent/s are known by both parties. This form of adoption may include a post-adoption agreement that provides for future contact or the exchange of information.

Closed Adoption: In such a case, no identifying details are available and/or exchanged between the adoptive parents and biological parent/s.

National Adoption: A legal adoption facilitated by an accredited adoption social worker and/or organisation where both the adoptive child and parent/s are South African citizens or have permanent residence in South Africa.

Same-race Adoption: The race of the adoptive parent/s and child is the same.

Inter-race Adoption: The race of the child and adoptive parent/s differ.

Inter-country Adoption: A legal adoption facilitated by an accredited adoption organisation where either the child or parents are not South African citizens. South Africa is party to the Hague Convention on Inter-country Adoptions and this practice is also regulated by Chapter 18 of the Children’s Act 38 of 2005.

4.  WHAT DOES THE CHILDREN’S ACT SAY ABOUT ADOPTION?

The legislation governing adoptions in South Africa is the Children’s Act (Act 38 of 2005).

The Children’s Act (Act 38 of 2005) deals with a full spectrum of protection measures pertaining to the national, provincial and, where applicable, local spheres of government.

The main objectives of the Children’s Act are:

– To make provision for structures, services and means for promoting and monitoring the sound physical, intellectual, emotional and social development of children.
– To strengthen and develop community structures which can assist in providing care and protection for children.
– To protect children from maltreatment, abuse, neglect, degradation, discrimination, exploitation and any other physical or moral harm or hazards.
– To provide care and protection for children who are in need thereof.
– To give effect to the Republic’s obligations concerning the well-being of children in terms of the international instruments binding on the Republic.
– The latest version of the Children’s Act also introduces new provisions to adoption practices. Provincial Departments of Social Development now have an active role to play in facilitating adoptions and monitoring the services rendered by child protection organisations and adoption social workers in private practice.

According to Section 230, Subsection 3 of the Act, a child is adoptable if:
a. the child is an orphan and has no guardian or caregiver who is willing to adopt the child;
b. the whereabouts of the child’s parent or guardian cannot be established;
c. the child has been abandoned;
d. the child’s parent or guardian has abused or deliberately neglected the child, or has allowed the child to be abused or deliberately neglected; or
f. the child is in need of a permanent alternative placement.

The Act describes persons who may adopt a child in terms of Section 231, Subsection 1 as follows:

a. jointly by

– husband and wife,
– partners in a permanent domestic life-partnership, or
– other persons sharing a common household and forming a permanent family unit;

b. by a widower, widow, divorced or unmarried person;

c. by a married person whose spouse is the parent of the child;

d. by the biological father of a child born out of wedlock; or

e. by the foster parent of the child.

The National Department regulates and monitors the implementation of adoption services by ensuring that more children are placed within the country through the implementation of the Register on Adoptable Children and Prospective Adoptive Parents (RACAP) before considering inter-country adoption. Furthermore adoption service providers are accredited to render adoption services. The Children’s Act also contains a number of features that were not part of the Child Care Act, like post-adoption agreements and freeing orders.

If you would like to learn more about the legalities surrounding adoption, please select the following links:

http://www.info.gov.za/view/DownloadFileAction?id=67892

http://www.unicef.org/southafrica/SAF_resources_childactx1.pdf THE CHILDREN’S ACT EXPLAINED BOOKLET

5. ACCREDITED AND DESIGNATED CHILD PROTECTION ORGANISATIONS

ACVV (Afrikaanse Christelike Vroue Vereniging)
61 Caledon Street, Zonnebloem, Cape Town, 8001
Tel: 021 461 7437
Fax: 021 461 0074

BADISA (The former Diakonale Dienste amalgamated with the former Christelike Maatskaplike Raad (CMR))
11 Pastorie Street, or Private Bag X8, Bellville, 7535
Tel: 021 957 7130
Fax: 021 957 7131
E-mail: badisa@kaapkerk.co.za

Cape Town Child Welfare
(formerly at 13 Electric Road, Wynberg, 7800)
Lower Klipfontein Road, Gatesville, Athlone, 7764
Tel: 021 638 3127
Fax: 021 638 5277
E-mail: information@helpkids.org.za

Child Welfare South Africa
16 Tygerberg Centre, Voortrekker Road, Bellville, 7530
Tel: 021 945 3111
Fax: 021 945 3121
E-mail: westerncapechildwelfare@telkomsa.net / westerncape@childwelfaresa.org.za

AFM Abba Adoptions
3 Hoheizen Park, Hoheizen Cresent, Hoheizen, Bellville
P.O. Box 763, Kuils River, 7579
Tel: 021 913 8224
Fax: 021 913 5664
E-mail: info@abbaadoptions.co.za

PRIVATE ADOPTION:

Procare Western Cape

Brief description:
Procare is a national association of Social Workers and related professionals in Private Practice. Procare recognized the exceptional vulnerability of babies and children and acknowledges the fact that they are entitled to special care and assistance.

Name (Adoptive parents): Eloise
Surname: Loots
Tel: 021 873 0532
Cell: 082 700 0833
Email: adoptions@procare.co.za

Name (Birth parents): Sunette
Surname: Le Roux
Tel: 021 873 0532
Cell: 082 977 4435
Email: sunette@procare.co.za
Website: http://www.procare.co.za

Crisis Number: 021 873 0532
Postal address:
P.O box 6005, Hoofstraat, Paarl, 7622

Physical Address:
91 Church street, Wellington, Western Cape (WC)

Specific focus:
-National adoption
-Crisis pregnancy emergency
-Crisis pregnancy options
-Adoption information
-Birth parent care
-Abortion information
-Safe abandonment
-Finding a child given up for adoption
-Origin search/ roots inquiries
-Child and youth care program

Region:
-Western Cape
-Northern Cape
-Eastern Cape
-Southern Cape

Type of organisation:
Social worker specializing in adoptions

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Sourced from Addiction Center, please see their website: http://www.addictioncenter.com

Valium Addiction, Abuse and Treatment
Valium is the brand name for diazepam, a benzodiazepine derivative used for its calming properties. Valium is most often prescribed to relieve anxiety, muscle spasms and seizures. Valium is also used to ease the difficulty caused by alcohol withdrawal symptoms.

Nicknamed “mother’s little helper” after a Rolling Stones song of the same name, Valium has only grown in popularity since the drug’s official release in the 1960s. This has sparked concern for the type of clean-cut, middle-class demographic an outside observer might not expect to house a debilitating addiction–even to a prescription.

Users of the drug refer to diazepam as Vs, Yellow Vs (5 mg), Blue Vs (10 mg), benzos or tranks (short for tranquilizers).

Valium Abuse and Addiction

As a potent drug of the benzodiazepine class, Valium is most often used by people who need help dealing with the stress of daily life. Although researchers long believed Valium addictions were based on a negative reward system rather than a positive one (people took the drug to avoid feelings of stress or despair), a study out of the Academy of Finland suggested that diazepam produces the same sense of reward in the brain as alcohol or morphine.

Valium is often abused in combination with additional prescription medications and alcohol.
Because Valium depresses the central nervous system, it is especially dangerous to combine with other anti-anxiety drugs. Most overdoses from Valium occur when the drug is mixed with other depressants.

Effects of a Valium Addiction

An addiction to Valium can progress quickly, as tolerance to benzodiazepines develops fairly rapidly. As a benzo, Valium works on neurotransmitters in the brain to slow down mental processes. It doesn’t take long for the brain to stop functioning normally without the drug.

Studies suggest continued use of Valium beyond 3 months raises the likelihood of developing an addiction. Once someone becomes physically and psychologically dependent on it, Valium is difficult to overcome.

The physical effects of this addiction include:

– Drowsiness and tiredness
– Weakness
– Diarrhea or constipation
– Difficulty urinating or frequent urination
– Blurred vision
– Seizures
– Skin rash
– Irregular heartbeat

Valium Statistics

3x Admissions
Admissions for benzo treatment (including valium) tripled between 1998 and 2008, while overall treatment increased only 11%.
95 Percent
95% of all benzo and Valium ER and treatment admissions reported another substance as well.
60 Million
Over 60 million prescriptions for Valium are written each year, among the most prescribed drugs.

 

“Mother’s Little Helper”—Valium and Pop Culture

The Rolling Stones released their hit song “Mother’s Little Helper” in 1966 lamenting the pangs of growing older. It resonated with a generation that came to view the little yellow (or blue) pills as a quick fix to turbulent lives.

Approved by the FDA in 1963, Valium was cultivated in a decade known for recreational psychoactives. It presented itself as a safe alternative to the freewheeling consumption of street and designer drugs of the age. Bolstered by an aggressive advertising campaign targeting the middle-aged and middle-class, diazepam became the drug of moderation. It was created to help hard-working people deal with the stresses of everyday life.

When Vogue ran a cautionary article in 1975, its message was clear: Valium isn’t as safe as you think, and could be more addictive than heroin. The Justice Department designated Valium as a Schedule IV drug, tightening regulations on its distribution. Still, scripts were written in the millions.

Valium became the first prescription drug to net more than $1 billion. Betty Ford opened one of the most renowned treatment centers after coming clean about her own struggle with the powerful drug (alongside alcohol). Today, the estimated number of benzodiazepine addictions run in the millions.

Valium Treatment

Diazepam (Valium) stays in the body for a long time meaning treatment can be difficult. Withdrawal from Valium is extremely uncomfortable and potentially deadly if attempted without a doctor. Many doctors recommend a taper-down method of detoxification. During detox, the physician will create a strict schedule to wean the addict’s body off of the drug.

Some withdrawal effects include:

– Muscle cramps
– Anxiety
– Insomnia
– Seizures
– Hallucinations

Depending on the severity and length of the addiction, detox can take anywhere from a few weeks to several months. Most successful treatment plans require inpatient therapy (a closed environment free of distractions and temptations) or outpatient treatments, including support groups and ongoing group or individual therapy. Recovery is a long road, but as many former addicts will attest, worth every step.

You can overcome your Valium addiction. Get in touch with someone who can help you get the treatment you deserve to overcome this addiction.

Corporate Consulting #Employee Assistance

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Corporate Consulting is designed to assist the employer in the recruitment process and in team building. An in depth Temperament Report is provided to guide the employer in assessing if the applicant is a good fit for the job.

 

There are many assessments and tools available to assist an employer in recruiting new staff, tools to motivate and manage people in teams, including assessing skills, interests and personality styles. The 4 Seasons Temperament Recruitment and Teambuilding Report gives you the ability to look at a person’s inborn temperament.
To really know yourself and who you are is not always easy. It is also important to note here that there is a difference between TEMPERAMENT, PERSONALITY and CHARACTER.

They all work together to form your unique identity, but they are not exactly the same.

 

How to use this report

This report delivers information to you in layers, from a broad overview to specific details. If you only want the highlights of your employee’s styles and team dynamics, then only use the summary in the front. If you want a more in depth, comprehensive analysis, then read the pages in the back.

As an employer you can use this report to assess if an applicant is a good fit for a job, in the recruitment process. As a manager you can use this report to assess the different strengths and challenges of each member of your team, as well as the areas of potential conflict and cooperation in the team as a whole. It will enable you to see the communication styles and management approaches that are the most, and the least effective with your team. You’ll be able to see how they react to your leadership style and your temperament, and how you can best motivate your team to ensure optimal service delivery and productivity.

 

Capitalizing on Your Employee’s Intelligence Style

Temperament, Leadership, and Talent
The job of leaders is to motivate their people to execute plans that achieve the goals of the organization. Those who lead well are able to take into account different talents and intelligences — both their own and those of their team members — and match those talents to the task at hand.

What Is the Relationship Between Temperament and Talent?
The four temperament styles match up consistently with four general types of intelligent roles: Tactical, Logistical, Diplomatic, and Strategic. The four connections between temperament and intelligent roles are as follows:

 

There are 4 distinct styles of intelligence. Each of the 4 temperaments has a stronger natural preference order of these 4 intelligence styles, such that they tend to develop the most strength in the style for which they have the strongest preference, and the least strength where their preference is the weakest.

 

Every Season, every Temperament has a role to play, a unique function and contribution that brings balance to the whole. One is not better that the other, they all compliment each other and when you have all four seasons working together, to add their strengths and abilities it will make your team stronger and more effective in accomplishing their goals.

 

How can the 4 Seasons Temperament Report help me?

Fundamentally, the 4 Seasons Temperament Report helps you to do two things: understand your own temperament and gain insight to other people’s. Possessing this valuable knowledge of human nature can have a variety of far-reaching effects on your life.

In the work world, being savvy about your temperament can lead you to a clearer understanding of your natural role and functions within an organization. It can also help you better capitalize on your personal strengths to build your success. By comprehending your co-workers’ temperaments and how each temperament relates, you can begin to master your interactions with supervisors and staff. In addition, being able to interpret others’ innate styles can help you to meet their implicit expectations, as well as increase your own leadership abilities.

In your personal life, being knowledgeable about temperament can help you build strong, lasting ties with others. This is true because it aids you in anticipating your loved ones’ needs and respecting their different ways of dealing with life. When you are responsive to others, you will naturally be looked upon as dependable, responsible, helpful, and empathetic. These are all wonderful qualities to bring to your personal relationships. In addition, coming to terms with your own temperament and innate tendencies can bring new levels of wisdom and self-knowledge to all of your interactions, as well as identify how your particular temperament impacts and influences others.