Guess that I forgot something when I was working with super ADHD girlie this past month. It's the simple things you forget to say, like, "Hey ADHD girlie, try not to threaten to shoot people, m'kay?" I didn't know we needed to cover that sort of stuff, but apparently I was wrong. So my girlie threatened someone with death at the end of last week. She went so far as to even lay out when and where it was going to happen. Why yes, she is only in elementary school. So needless to say she was suspended pending an expulsion hearing. Super depressing. I honestly don't think she would actually carry out a threat like that, but she is so impulsive I couldn't say it wouldn't happen with 100% confidence. So I guess my days of working with ADHD girlie are over. It's too bad though, I had really hoped we could make some sort of a difference. Guess this one is a no go.
I wonder what will happen to her. I hate to assume she will end up in juvenile hall, but I can kind of see that possibility for her. She is defiant and lacks self control which is a pretty horrid combo. I had hoped we would teach her to self monitor a bit, but I don't think we succeeded in anyway. I am afraid for her future, mostly because I have seen other kids like her with similar behavior problems and they don't seem to have very positive fates. Once they get into kid corrections they tend to just learn a LOT of terrible things and then once back out in the real world they try out those new things they have learned. So then it just tends to spiral. I really hope that isn't what happens to this little one.
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