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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She tends to do a bit better at her mom’s house, which is part of why we decided to send her there. Her parents have been divorced for many years and I’ve been in her life for several, so this isn’t a brand new dynamic.  She’s done therapy in the past but is currently refusing to go. We’ve also tried for years to get her a full neuropsych evaluation, but she won’t participate. She was diagnosed with ADHD by her pediatrician in elementary school, but she will not take any medication or see her psychiatrist. We’ve tried so many different approaches over the years, but she refuses to listen to or respect my husband at all, which has made things especially difficult. -OP[/quote]

1. Does she have any siblings and how are they? Is she oldest, youngest or middle?
2. Why did her parents divorce and hold old was she then?
3. How is your relationship with her one-on one? How is your relationship with her mother? How is dad's relationship with the bio mom?
4. Of course she was diagnosed with ADHD; that's the first default. It means nothing. You are medicalizing a problem that is probably trauma related to her parents' divorce. 
5. When did her relationship with her father nosedive, and why? [/quote]

To be fair, she could actually have ADHD, and avoiding medication could be a part of the issue.  ADHD kids lack impulse control and seek dopamine wherever they can. It's worth getting some cognitive testing done, as ADHD can be managed with medication and cognitive training, or at least, we've seen very positive results in my DC. [/quote]

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