Five and Under

As I sit at my desk, composing this post, Bunny is throwing a temper tantrum.  She doesn’t throw “normal” temper tantrums; these are oppositional defiance disorder related tantrums.  We’ve had Bunny in therapy for about six months.  At first, we thought she was just having behavioral issues because she has a sibling with reactive attachment disorder (RAD), but her behaviors are different than Elle’s and they are escalating. We have been working on a diagnosis for Bunny with our therapist.  The first assessment we took reported that she did not have RAD; she didn’t even score on the chart.  After discussing this with our therapist, we decided if we were to take the assessment again, Bunny would score off the chart… [more]