dragonfly7791
New Member
First of all, I am glad I found a place where there are parents that have similar issues with their children as I do with my daughter. I have a 4 yr. old daughter who is defiant only at school. She was expelled from one daycare and she has been in her new daycare for only a week and they are ready to expell her also. The teacher says she is fine as long as she is doing what she wants to do, but when it is time to do an activity with the rest of the class she starts running around and screaming. She will run out of the class and out of the building. Sometimes she will stay just out of reach of the teacher and laugh tauntingly. She thinks it is funny!! We have tried several different reward charts with the rewards being something small, such as ice cream or a small toy to going to going to the zoo or putt putt. That doesn't work. We have done positive reinforcement. We have taken away her toys/books/tv time/computer time. We have talked with her pediatrician, and she tried to get us in to a behavioral specialist and they weren't taking any new patients. We have had her tested for ADD/ADHD and they told us she was too smart for her age and probably bored. We have considered that maybe she was bored, but when it is naptime it is naptime!! She does have allergies to food additives and dyes. I have tried getting her into see a behavioral specialist that is not affiliated with her insurance and the next appointment is month away. I need some help before then!! Anybody have any advice?