What does she do now? (Long)

[Cupcake]

I definately agree with mrsmac in that a teachers aid would embarrass her but will most definately look into provate tutoring, even if i have to pay for it.

Thanks tal, if your mum would like to take a look that would be fantastic! My understanding of Turrets (sp?) is that it is involuntary? Where as her outbursts whilst they are more dramatic then she wants them to be, they are directed at certain situations IYKWIM

Thank you all so much for your advice!!

[Dr. Tal]

Amy,
Here is what my mum had to say.

Hey babe,
Don't know if I can help ot not. It sounds like an emotional disorder to me or a conduct disorder. If it is an emotional disorder I would have her tested by a psycologist. A child with an emotional disorder has really no control over their rages and usually apologise and really don't remember what happened. I would recommend the WISC test. I think they are using edition 4 now. Then there are a couple more tests that can be done. I don't know if the schools there have testing done by psychologists for disabilities. We have one on staff and the school pays for it. I don't know if she can go that way or not.
The other problem could be conduct disorder which the child knows right from wrong but chooses to do the wrong thing anyway and then show little or no remorse. There isn't much you can do for conduct disorder becuase the child is making choices knowing the consequences.
Having a psychologist do testing will tell you whether it is a conduct disorder or emotional disorder. This is what we have on our permission to evaluate form that the parent signs giving permission for the testing to take place. It should give some idea of what testing should be done.
Psychological Evaluation is designed to assess personality and/or behavioral functioning. Commonly used evaluation methods include parent and child interviews, personality inventories, behavior rating scales and projective tests.

Let me know if it helps.
Love You MUM

Hope that helps some.

[Cupcake]

Thank you so much tal!! I will now forward that to my mum hehe!! xo