We came up with this as a resource for friends who are in the matching process right now. This was basically written by J- and edited by me.
Find out as much as possible about previous placements and disruptions, and in particular, try to have your social worker review all the material.  In our case, there [...]

In early April, T-7 was out of control. She was having tantrums multiple times a day, arguing about everything, physically attacking Jeff regularly and even acting up with her teacher. We thought it was because of her upcoming birthday. After her birthday things got a little better, but not much.
The ramifications of her difficult behavior [...]

About a week ago, a few of my drafts suddenly got posted with a bunch of viagra text at the end.  Hmmm…sounds like it is time to change my password. I thought that I had deleted them all, but I found another today.  Believe me, I am not selling viagra here :)
On that note, I [...]

T-7 has all of the checkmarks for a Disorder called Oppositional Defiant Disorder, which a high percentage of kids that have ADHD have (which she also has the symptoms of). From Wikipedia:

A pattern of negativistic, hostile, and defiant behavior lasting at least 6 months, during which four (or more) of the following are present:
Note: Consider [...]