What is ODD?
Oppositional Defiant Disorder is defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders as an ongoing pattern of disobedient, hostile and defiant behavior toward authority figures which goes beyond the bounds of normal childhood behavior. The defiance must persist for at least six months, negatively impact function at school, home, or the community, and cannot be caused by another disorder.
Oppositional Defiant Disorder Treatment Options
The goal of all oppositional defiant disorder treatment is to extinguish the negative behaviors. The most serious behaviors, those that could harm the child or others or have other serious consequences, should be targeted first. Some common oppositional defiant disorder treatment options are family counseling, psychotherapy, social skills training, behavior therapy, and parent training programs.Which Treatment Will Work?
This is the million dollar question! It is important to remember that all children are different and that it is impossible to say that one type of treatment will work for every child. That being said, as a rule some of the treatment options seem to be much more successful than others. Research shows that parent training programs are the most successful of the oppositional defiant disorder treatments. One reason for this seems to be the role that the parent/child relationship plays in the child's behavior.
Many times parents inadvertently reinforce the defiant behavior by giving the child attention. Granted it is negative attention, but to some children any attention is viewed as a positive, no matter the consequences. After years of these negative interactions between parent and child, a serious intervention is required. As an oppositional defiant disorder treatment, parent training is usually successful because it teaches the parents strategies to replace the negative interactions with positive experiences which can often quickly extinguish many of the negative behaviors associated with ODD.
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Treatment of ODD may include is Parent management training (PMT) is recommended for families of children with ODD because it has been demonstrated to affect negative interactions that repeatedly occur between the children and their parents. PMT consists of
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Oppositional defiant disorder treatment