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What kind of consequences have you found to be effective when dealing with a child with an attachment disorder?Our 8yr AD slapped a girl at school today. Having her apologize to the girl isn't going to mean anything to our daughter. She simply doesn't seem to care about anyone other than herself. She has everyone at school fooled because she can turn on the tears like a faucet and adamantly (sp?) deny what she's done, even if you've seen her do it. I am at a loss as to how to deal with her.
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Attachment disorder effects cause and effect thinking so she will likely not relate the consequence to her action no matter what. I would still have her apologize because it is good practice even if it means nothing to her. She still needs to learn to do the right thing.
The school should have had some sort of consequence for hitting. I'd leave it at that. The only other thing is to have her spend some time at arms length and tell her you see she is having difficulty making good decisions so you want her near you so you can help her with that.