Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) Support Group

Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) an ongoing pattern of disobedient, hostile, and defiant behavior toward authority figures that goes beyond the bounds of normal childhood behavior. When a child cannot seem to control his anger or frustration, even over what seems to be trivial or simple to others, the child will often react in violent or negative ways to his own...

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My dd is 8 1/2 and has ODD. She's not been diagnosed with anything else as of yet. I am working with a therapist who is teaching me parenting techniques to try to modify her behavior. We have had some success with that. She often has episodes of very hyper behavior where it seems she can't calm down. She runs through the house squealing or screaming, usually while chasing her 4 yr. old brother, who thinks this is so much fun. Well, it isn't fun for me. It really gets on my nerves. She giggles a lot, which I know is common for a girl her age, but she just can't seem to get it under control. The therapist says that she's had to try to control herself at school all day and that is very hard for her, so it's normal to blow off steam like this. She does it on the weekends, too, esp. if she's bored. These are the times when she's most disrespectful and cannot be reasoned with. If I try to say anthing to her to calm her down (always in a calm voice), she usually mocks me. She has never been medicated. I was wondering if anyone else had experience like this and had advice on how to deal with it.
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Yes i have dealt with it and still am dealing with it on a daily basis with my 8 yr old whom was dx with odd at the age of 5 among some other things! I do agree that since school environment is so very structured that when they come home it's like they can take a big sigh and just relax and totally be themselves. I understand that it happens on weekends too cause it's the same way with my son..but i've been told that since the home environment isn't as structured as school is that it could cause problems! The only thing that i find that will typically work is to keep his mind busy and to try to stop a situation before it really happens! Sometimes though you don't get a warning with a situation and you can't prevent it from happening, but i try at all costs to prevent it if i can! When my son is "hyper" i try to get him to help me with something that almost forces him to calm down such as helping with supper, changing laundry, cleaning something...just something that will get his mind off of being hyper and get him thinking about something else, cause when he is helping he tries so hard to please me that he forgets about being hyper..and when he is done helping me than i praise him to no end to make him feel good! If you want to talk more about this just please let me know by sending me a message!
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I like that advice, but it doesn't work for me. My son will just refuse to help me and continue with what he wants to do even if there is a reward afterward. I can't get him to play after school, he doesn't want to and when you force him he will lash out at the whole family, or self harming or any of all the things he does.
So what should we do hey? lol
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Well i guess to reply to perth i don't have any idea on what to say. I haven't experienced that part of my son..and i don't think i want to either cause my son is violent enough for he gets a thrill out of beating me up!
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