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[quote=Anonymous]Since Memorial Day weekend, I thought we had really turned a corner with 9 yo foster daughter. Her tantrums were manageable and her emotions seemed a little more balanced. Prior to that, she felt like a top spinning out of control. There was slow progress, but it wasn't until around May that I really started to feellike we were turning a corner.

However the last week has been a resurgence of the old days. Tantrums all the time over everything. Really hard time listening and following directions. Argues about everything. Lots of lying, mostly when upset. And I am just so run down. I feel like our whole life is about managing her behavior. I keep trying to find the root cause of the shift and keep coming up empty handed. During calm times, I try to talk to her but she blocks me with silly behavior and other avoidance techniques.

The therapist says to give her structure and boundaries which we do, but they seem to initially make it worse. (She has a tantrum over the consequence of not listening for example).

Help?[/quote]

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