A young child in my family is having trouble, and I'm hoping someone can offer some ideas. She is almost 7 years old. She lives with her grandmother and younger sister. Mother is. Ot in the picture. Father is in jail. She is homeschooled because of anxiety (and grandmother is a conspiracy theorist regarding public ed... So am I to a point). She is socially awkward, and what I consider to be average intelligence. She does a lot of acting out towards her grandmother, but not when in my care, nor when in another grandparents care. Grandmother is awaiting an appointment with the Kennedy Kreiger Institute, the two grandparents think she has aspergers. I disagree. She is having rage attacks. During these attacks, she just screams. About nothing in particular. If grandmother approaches her, she kicks, and punches and pinches. She screams that she has to pee, but cannot. After the meltdown, she has no recollection of the behavior. I saw a video of her during a fit, and it almost looked like a night terror to me, although she had not been sleeping and was walking around. My first thought was that she's having a seizure. Then I remembered seeing this:
and it was very familiar to what was on the video of my family member.
Please add thoughts.