Have never heard of it : (

I have heard ofit. have not tried it, do not plan on it. a lot of money andwith thesetypes of children I really do not know if it would work, a childwithout ODD you can't change overnight, let alone one with it, I think there are other ways to deal with it that do not take your money,

I have heard of it and I agree with jbugsmom. There are so many inexpensive resources out there to use. I have been doing a lot of reading and am taking things from each book that I think will be useful with my situation. I am also a mental health professional so this certainly helps our situation. Our son is showing improvement in just six days of intervention and I could not be happier.

I agree with the others. I've heard the radio ads but I'm wary of trying it because, although I'm sure it'll work for most, will it work for us? Also, is it REALLY worth the money??? What could they possibly know that we haven't heard yet from all the docs and therapists..?

I always recomend the book: The Explosive Child. It really helped me.
Good luck...

Oh yeah and I didn't even buy it, I got it at the library. So, no money lost there... :)

hey. my mom actually bought this a few months ago. we tried it. a few things worked but if you can get it for free it is worth a try.

Yes, I have heard of it and I did buy it. It is pretty good but hard to follow. There are so many steps and I want to see results now. It was about $300 but I do not think it as worth it. I rather meet the author in person for that price plus if you want cont. help then you have to pay a monhtly fee which I am not doing.

I am thinking of purchasing the total transformation program am am also wondering if it will work for kids with ODD. There was a news report on Action news and some methods like straight talk techniques, short term consequences, etc were mentioned briefly.
The total transformation news report was recorded on YouTube. It'll be worth watching it before deciding.

btw...here is where you can watch the news report..
http://www.child-central.com/James-Lehman-Total-Transformation.html

Triach, you mention a book, "The explosive child, who is the author of the book?"
Thanks

I have heard of it, but can't even try it because we are in Australia. Though I have read up on it and some of the things that are described, you can already do. We have given things a different aproach in our home and we can see that my son responds to it. We make it clear to him that it is his decision to behave like this and there will be consequences that will affect him. I am not saying it works every time, but it does from time to time. It is a lot of money, but what if it does work, than it would be totally worth the money. I think because the inventer of this program, has had ODD himself and has gone through the hardships that this disorder comes with. He would have more an insight as to what these kids would respond to than anybody else, because he has been there. It also gives us hope, because he has been living on the streets, spend time in jail, but he came out of it with something positive. To me that is a sign of hope that things can be turned around for the better. I don't expect anybody to agree with me, this is just my opinion. Another example is that we were looking at EFT ( Emotional Freedom Technique) again it has a price, but it is something we were willing to try, without putting more meds in his system. The only thing is that we think my son (6) is too young for it. So maybe down the track we might give it a go. I also think that with these kids you have to try things, because they might actually work for them . If you don't you'll never know and some programs, won't do any harm to the child.

I bought the Total Transformation a couple of months ago. I can't tell you how eye-opening its been. Its really helped me understand what's going on with my son and given me tools to help him respond more appropriately in situations that set him off. I highly recommend it. http://www.thetotaltransformation.com/?pcode=affiliate0239&utm_medium=webaffl&utm_source=affiliate0239&dsource=sas

The author is Greene. I can't remember his first name. It was published in 2000 and again in 2005. It helps you change your thinking. It also gives some concrete ideas. It helped me a lot. A friend of mine teaches college and she uses it as a text for one of her classes.