How Do You Help A Child With Oppositional Defiance Disorder?
“Hi, I’m Dr. Laura Grashow a license Psychologist with DrGrashow.com. Okay, so let’s talk about a little bit about how to help someone diagnosis with oppositional defiance disorder. So, when you have a child who’s diagnosed with ODD, you need to know first of all that ODD is more than just typical difficulty with children. All children can be challenging and difficult at times, right, and especially teens. They can be moody. They can be argumentative. This is not ODD. Oppositional defiance disorder is really chronic and pervasive behavior which is characterized by defiance, hostility and disruptive behavior especially with adults. It’s very difficult to manage. I would say ODD also comes along often times with anxiety, depression and ADHD so when the other conditions are diagnosis and treated properly we often see the symptoms of ODD abate or almost disappear entirely but when they’re remaining it’s very important for parents to be consistent and loving and this is no short order in a
