Stressed to the max
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Hi, I am new to this forum but not new to the stress and confusion a child with behavioral problems can give.
We have a difficult child f 9yrs who is a compulsive liar and thief. She has been diagnosed with ADHD,Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and CD. She has gone to 2 different therapists and is a "perfect angel" for that 1 hour a week then once back home shes back to herself.
She has no conscience and only cares about herself, everything has to be about her and all eyes on her or she makes life a living h---.
She has stolen from anyone in the family and from friends and teachers, if suspected or caught she will deny that it ever happened and she will stick to her story that she never stole until we have physical proof that she did, then she'll admit to it but will not have any sympathy in what she has done.
But if anyone was to damage anything of hers she gets so ticked off that she retaliates and damages their stuff.
She also harms the animals, she is not allowed near them anymore unless we are with her. As I was coming around the corner in the upstairs hallway one day I caught her just as she was shoving the cat off the upstairs ledge, I managed to grab the cat in time but to this day she still denies ever doing it.
We know there is a good child in there...we have actually saw it a couple times in the past few years, what I want to know is how do I go about getting her the treatment she needs?
I have heard of In-patient places where they have intense therapy and they go to school there while in treatment, but are they as good as they say?
Everything we have tried has backfired and we cant handle it anymore.
We have a difficult child f 9yrs who is a compulsive liar and thief. She has been diagnosed with ADHD,Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and CD. She has gone to 2 different therapists and is a "perfect angel" for that 1 hour a week then once back home shes back to herself.
She has no conscience and only cares about herself, everything has to be about her and all eyes on her or she makes life a living h---.
She has stolen from anyone in the family and from friends and teachers, if suspected or caught she will deny that it ever happened and she will stick to her story that she never stole until we have physical proof that she did, then she'll admit to it but will not have any sympathy in what she has done.
But if anyone was to damage anything of hers she gets so ticked off that she retaliates and damages their stuff.
She also harms the animals, she is not allowed near them anymore unless we are with her. As I was coming around the corner in the upstairs hallway one day I caught her just as she was shoving the cat off the upstairs ledge, I managed to grab the cat in time but to this day she still denies ever doing it.
We know there is a good child in there...we have actually saw it a couple times in the past few years, what I want to know is how do I go about getting her the treatment she needs?
I have heard of In-patient places where they have intense therapy and they go to school there while in treatment, but are they as good as they say?
Everything we have tried has backfired and we cant handle it anymore.