Epoh,
As a foster parent, I've run the gauntlet with kids of every imaginable behavior issue. Something that we have had absolutely AMAZING success with doesn't require drugs or doctors....
Find a place in your area that offers Hippa therapy (equine)and get your ped to write you a referral. I've had kids that were born addicted, brain chemistry completely out of whack, explosive behaviors. Put them on the back of a horse a couple of times a weeks and literally within about two weeks their behavior completely changes.
I still don't completely understand how it works but the motion of the horse somehow sychronizes the nervous system and makes kids able to regulate their emotional overload. It is inexplicable but I have seen it change an 8 yo boy from a child getting thrown out of school 2-3 times a week to a child that NEVER misbehaves in school in a matter of a few weeks. The therapy goes between 6 months and a year and the results seem to be extremely long lasting. My adopted soon to be DS7 is a perfect example. He went for 7 months almost 18 months ago and we have had no repeat behaviors.
It is covered by most insurance companies and it works. Don't now how or why, but we refer to it as "the magic pony" because the changes are truly magical!
