| Children with ODD need to learn to take
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| | but may be more noticeable at home or at
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| responsibility for their behavior and not
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| | school. Five to fifteen percent of all
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| use their diagnosis or disability as an
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| | school-age children have ODD. Biological
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| excuse for inappropriate behavior. They
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| | and environmental factors may have a
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| need help learning how to:
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| | role.
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| · Set limits
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| | Oppositional defiant disorder appears to
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| · Curb sibling fighting
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| | be more common in families where at least
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| · Stop defiance, back-talking, lying and
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| | one parent has a history of a mood
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| cursing
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| | disorder, conduct disorder, attention
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| · Defuse explosive outbursts and
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| | deficit/hyperactivity disorder,
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| uncontrolled anger
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| | antisocial personality disorder, or a
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| · Stay on task
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| | substance-related disorder.
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| · Do homework and chores
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| | Oppositional Defiant Disorder does not
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| · Effective problem solving techniques
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| | occur alone:
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| If their "acting out" has carried on for
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| | · 50-65% of ODD children also have ADD
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| a long period of time and goes against
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| | ADHD
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| what is socially acceptable, then your
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| | · 35% of these children develop some
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| teen probably has a behavioral disorder.
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| | form of affective disorder
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| If your teen is self-destructive and
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| | · 20% have some form of mood disorder,
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| adversely affects your family, then his
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| | such as Bipolar Disorder or anxiety
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| or her behavior is clearly a problem.
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| | · 15% develop some form of personality
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| Symptoms of ODD include the following
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| | disorder
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| behaviors:
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| | · Many of these children have learning
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| · losing their temper
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| | disorders
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| · arguing
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| | Teens with ODD plus ADHD are much more
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| · defying authority
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| | difficult to live with. Their destructive
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| · refusing adult requests or rules
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| | and disagreeable behavior is purposeful.
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| · deliberately annoying others
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| | They like to push their parents
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| · blaming others for their own mistakes
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| | anger-buttons. Every request ends up as a
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| or misbehavior
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| | power struggle. Lying becomes a daily
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| · being touchy or easily annoyed
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| | habit. Getting a reaction out of others
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| · being angry and resentful
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| | is amusing to them. They are rarely sorry
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| · being spiteful or vindictive
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| | for the hurtful things they say and do.
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| · swearing or using bad language
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| | And they believe nothing is their fault.
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| · moody and easily frustrated
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| | Parenting strategies often include a home
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| · truancy from school (dropped out or
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| | rules contract (i.e., a written set of
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| expelled)
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| | expectations that parents have of their
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| · increased involvement with, and
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| | teens and preteens). The contract
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| loyalty to, delinquent peer groups
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| | includes basic rules, consequences and
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| · greater isolation from other peers,
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| | privileges.
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| family members
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| | The primary purpose of a home rules
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| · stealing, shoplifting, running away,
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| | contract is for teens to be held
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| alcohol and/or drug abuse, sexual
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| | accountable for their behavior while
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| promiscuity
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| | allowing parents to maintain a reasonable
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| · problems with low self-esteem, low
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| | amount of control (i.e., teaching teens
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| self-confidence, and/or depression
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| | that there are consequences for breaking
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| The causes of ODD are unknown, but many
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| | rules, the knowledge of which hopefully
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| parents report that their ODD child was
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| | will transfer in the teen's mind to
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| more rigid and demanding than the child's
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| | school rules as well as the legal
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| siblings from an early age. The symptoms
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| | system).
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| are usually seen in multiple settings,
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