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How to help with obsessions, repetitive behaviour and routines by Ms. Adeola Thompson

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If these difficulties is unsafe, it is best to give support to stop or modify the behaviour.

Keep a diary to understand the function of the repetitive behaviour, routine or obsession.

Figure out triggers. For example,  does the child find it hard to be in a place with too much lighting e.g shopping mall.

Make daily routine more structured. This will help make the day predictable. Use sand timers to give more understanding to abstract concepts like time.
Provide more structured environment by preparing range of activities for the day.

Manage anxiety by knowing and using what works well for your child to redirect them.

Provide early intervention. It 7s much harder to change repetitive behaviour, routine and obsession the longer  they continue. What is acceptable as a child  may not be appropriate as they get older.  For example, obsession with stroking people hair. Try to set limits around repetitive behaviours from early age.

If you feel it’s necessary to set boundaries and limits. Like ration time spent on talking about a subject. Start small and slowly to make it more successful and the
child will be less likely to be distress. Gradually increase time restrictions. Introduce other activities to the child. Alternative activities to redirect  the child.

Obsession and interest can bring used as a way to channel learning. It can be used to increase a person’s skills and and areas of interest. For example, obsession with computer could be developed into someone studying or working in IT.
Interest in a particular sounds could be channelled into learning a musical instruments.

 

 

 

 

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Breaking: Plane crash kills ten people

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Breaking: Plane crash kills Eight people

Breaking: Plane crash kills Ten people

 

 

 

 

A small private jet crashed into a motorbike and a car while attempting to land at an airport in the outskirts of Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur, leaving at least 10 people dead, officials said on Thursday.

 


Breaking: Plane crash kills Eight people

 

A Beechcraft Model 390 (Premier 1) aircraft, a light private business jet, was carrying six passengers and two crew when it crashed near Elmina township at 2.08 p.m. (0608 GMT), just before it was due to land, Selangor police chief Hussein Omar Khan told reporters.

 

 

The aircraft lost contact with the air traffic control tower and crashed into a motorbike and a car on the highway, he said. “There was no emergency call, the aircraft had been given clearance to land,” Hussein Omar said. A search and rescue mission is underway. The country’s civil aviation authority (CAAM) said the flight had departed from the holiday island of Langkawi and was en route to Selangor’s Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport near the capital city Kuala Lumpur.

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Seven Passengers Burnt To Death Near Third Mainland Bridge In Car Accident

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Seven Passengers Burnt To Death Near Third Mainland Bridge In Car Accident

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Seven passengers have been confirmed killed after a commercial bus caught fire in Lagos on Sunday

At least five others were said to have sustained injuries in the tragic incident that occurred at Iyana Oworo, close to the Third Mainland Bridge.

 

 

 

The deceased comprises four females, two male adults and one male child.

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said there were 14 passengers in the ill-fated bus with registration number KJA 699 GY.

 

 

 

 

Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, Permanent Secretary of LASEMA, said the driver had some burns.

He added that three female adults involved in the incident were rushed to Gbagada General Hospital and that a male adult was attended to by the Lagos State Ambulance Service (LASAMBUS) at the scene.

 

 

 

“LASTMA officials at the scene have made arrangements to remove the burnt vehicle from the road,” Oke-Osanyintolu said.

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Nigerian Deputy Governor Loses Seven-Year-Old Son In Car Accident

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Nigerian Deputy Governor Loses Seven-Year-Old Son In Car Accident

Nigerian Deputy Governor Loses Seven-Year-Old Son In Car Accident

 

By Olorunfemi Adejuyigbe

 

Nigerian Deputy Governor Loses Seven-Year-Old Son In Car Accident

 

The deputy governor of Yobe State, Hon. Idi Barde Gubana, lost a son in an auto crash which occurred yesterday

A statement signed by his press secretary, Hussaini Mai Suleh, in Damaturu said the seven-year-old boy who was a namesake to Governor Mai Mala Buni died in a crash along Maiduguri-Kano road.

He said the boy had been buried according to Islamic rites at the palace of the Mai of Fune in Damagum town in Fune local government area.
Reacting, the deputy governor said; “I will forever remember him as somebody close to me.’’

Top government officials and other personalities were at the residence of the deputy governor to sympathise with the family over the death.

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