Linda, what are your goals ...realistic goals for KT in the near future?
Obviously she just turned 17 so I am assuming she is either in 10th or 11th grade. For your sake, Im hoping 11th grade so you dont have but one more year to go. So realistically, are we looking at some form of independent living situation and tech school? If so, then now is the time I think to start moving on more realistic goals with all the caseworkers to work away from you and towards her independence. adl's, Integrated Listening Systems (ILS), all that those things entail. It is entirely possible that as she ages out of having to actually live with you and having you be "the boss" of her, that she will tone down the Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD). One can hope.
