HI, I am a Nanny for a family with six children. All the children have special needs in some where from food allergies to mental disabilities. I would like some in sight on how I can help each individual child overcome their struggling battles that they have everyday. The four older children have a past that no child should ever have to go through. Each child is uniquely different in their own ways. They have positive traits and they have their sets of weaknesses that they have to battle with everyday. I want to help them learn to cope with things that come in their lives such as getting into for not listening, getting into trouble for not following rules, and what is asked of them. They constantly argue with one another and they don't interact much with each other. (the four oldest). The two younger ones are 2 and 4 so, they have their share of weaknesses and strengths as well. Not to mention the family watches two children on a regular basis, and one of the children has autism, he is 5 years old and his mom won't give him the help that he needs, which is another situation in its self. He needs help with speech and sometimes, you can't understand what he is trying to communicate. He is not potty trained and he will be in Kindergarten next year, part of it is that his mother is too lazy to commit to potty training her two young children as this is an important live skill. If her children don't learn this skill they will be in diapers, or depends as adults and they will have to learn how to clean themselves up after an accident.
Anyway, to the 8 year old now. She likes to argue with all adults and she wants to always be right. She won't let the adult speak before she talks. She is always arguing and not doing what she is suppose to do. Any advice?