Impulse Control

I haven't got a solution but I know what you mean. We've been fostering an 11 year old for the last 8 months who had a history of abuse and severe neglect. Even with this baggage, however, we find it hard to excuse the continuous stream of lies and intentional bad behaviour. We think she is either ADHD, schitzophrenic, has MPD or is phsychotic. Yesterday she got sent out of her classroom for running up in front of the substitute teacher and snapping her fingers at the poor woman repeatedly because she had just told someone else in the class off for it. We are getting tired of being dragged into school to be informed of her bad behaviour every other day.Nottingham mum

You might want to do some research on Attachment disorder and maybe even Fetal alcohol stuff. The fetal alcohol can cause lots of inpulse control issues, and is fairly common in Eastern European kids.

Thanks for the response. I am currently researching books to find something to read that may help. I heard that if you can find out how their brain is wired you can figure out how to motivate their good behavior. So far Lissy doesn't seem to mind anything we put forth as punishment. The only books I have found are regarding adult issues such as addiction. I am going to take her to see someone and I will let you know if they have any great ideas.

I never thought of that. I am going to look into other symptoms of fetal alchol problems. Her mother was only 18 when she put her up for adoption in Romania - that seems almost too young to have developed a drinking problem but then I don't really know anything about this issue. Thanks for the heads up.