Your 7 year old (ADHD/ODD) child takes scissors to your sofa and throw pillows. Two fairly large cuts on the sofa (microfiber, hoping it can be stitched up) and two nice throw pillows with a flower cut out of each one. When I asked why she did it, she responded with a shrug and "I was bored."
Appropriate reaction? Appropriate punishment?
Of course I will ask her therapist, but in the meantime...in addition to grounding her from all things fun and taking away tv/computer/kindle/ipad/phone games, what would you do?
Does she get an allowance? If so she would be pitching in a significant portion of replacing and repairing the damaged items and when she wants X she would be reminded why she doesn't have cash as in 'sorry Suzy but remember you had to fix the couch and repair the pillows so you don't have the money to buy that today, maybe when you can save up some money again you can get it'
I always suggest throwing in positive reinforcement on behavior posts so I'm going to suggest that too, kids can get very jaded about losing privileges and put up a who cares front and KOKO because misbehaving in the moment is worth the trade off at the time. Sometimes it works better to figure out a currency that matters to them and reinforce when they make good choices. Sometimes the value of getting extra kindle/iPad time or whatever works much better to help them work on making better choices. Especially with a kid with ADHD and ODD who most likely suffers from impulsive behavior the currency is going to need to matter enough to make her try to take that moment to consider before she acts.