What I'm Reading... The Nature of Nurture by Ira J. Chasnoff, M.D.

"Children with such problems [behavioral regulation] are enigmatic to their parents and teachers, and their unpredictable behavior often leads to the erroneous belief that their behaviors reflect a lack of motivation or desire to do well rather than a biologically based disability." (p.49)

"Many times the behaviors do not appear to have a pattern or to be caused by identifiable events." (p.53)

"Although it is common for adults to react to children's misbehavior by seeking to control, change, or eliminate it, it is more useful to consider misbehavior as a message that something is wrong and the child does not know how to correct it.  Usually the behavior is functional in some way - that is, it helps a child cope with anxiety, anger, frustration, over-stimulation or other negative feelings." (p.76)