I have stopped posting on here for a while after getting back on track with our daughter.
Unfortunately, for the past few weeks, our 15 y.o daughter has shown an increase of distressed behavior, including biting herself, punching herself, mainly her head and face, also head banging. She has never done this before so we are worried even more than usual. If she isn't hurting herself, she is hurting others, mainly her school staff, by kicking, biting, punching, hitting, hair pulling, and pinching at times. Recently, last Friday, she had to be held a few times for these reasons.
School have informed me that her behavior is becoming more challenging than usual and there is no pattern so they don't really know the trigger or how to solve it yet. She has been locking teachers out of her room or so they can't be in the same room, she has been shouting and screaming at them, she isn't eating or drinking in school which doesn't help, she keeps saying 'no' to everything which is very common.
We have seen 1 thing in her behavior. When she is calm and in a 'green zone' so she is ready to work and happy, she will be sat in the classroom and will engage. When she's in the 'orange/amber' zone, so when she is struggling to focus, is bored, or is getting unsettled, she will then lock her staff out. Then comes the red zone, when she is losing control and doesn't know what to do, she will be all round the school, running from staff, being agitated and aggressive and then having to be held. We just don't know what to do anymore. She is definitely struggling but I don't know why and I feel like a terrible mother because I don't know how to help anymore. We've tried everything. I've gone back through people's and my own posts to gather ideas but I'm at a lost now. Sorry for always bothering.
