ANALYSIS OF OPPOSITIONAL

DEFIANT DISORDER AND ITS TREATMENTS

BY CHRISTINA BROOKS

TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION

METHODOLOGY

EXPECTED RESULTS

IMPLICATIONS

USEFUL LESSONS LEARNED

CONCLUSION

INTRODUCTIONMANY PARENTS TODAY FACE THE REALITY OF DEALING WITH A CHILD THAT HAS OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER (ODD). WHAT IS ODD YOU ASK? IT IS A CHILD WITH A SEVERE LACK OF AUTHORITY, RESPECT, A PATTERN OF NONCOMPLIANT, ARGUMENTATIVE, ANGRY, HOSTILE, AND DEFIANT BEHAVIOR THAT HAS PERSISTED FOR AT LEAST 6 MONTHS. IT HAS VERY NOTICEABLE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS SUCH AS TANTRUMS, ACADEMIC PROBLEMS, LACK OF SELF ESTEEM, AND DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING FRIENDSHIPS. IT IS RELATIVELY COMMON AMONG 3-8 YEAR OLD CHILDREN AND OFTEN ACCOMPANIES ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPER ACTIVITY DISORDER (ADHD).

METHODOLOGY

IN ORDER TO WRITE THIS PAPER I USED THE TRIANGULATION METHOD OF RESEARCH

INTERVIEWS

OBSERVATION

DATA ANALYSIS

EXPECTED RESULTSIN RESEARCHING AND WRITING THIS PAPER I EXPECTED TO FIND OUT

THE MEANING OF ODD

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF ODD

WHAT AGES IT AFFECTED

HOW IT IS TREATED

THE IMPACT IT HAS ON THE PARENTS

WHAT MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE

IMPLICATIONSMY RESEARCH PROCESS TOOK ABOUT 2 MONTHS. IT TOOK TIME TO SCHEDULE AND CONDUCT THE INTERVIEWS, AND OBSERVE THE CHILD,. WITH THE INTERVIEWS I MADE SURE THEY WERE CONDUCTED IN A QUIET SECLUDED AREA. I FELT I WOULD GET THE BEST RESULTS THIS WAY.

I ALSO MADE SURE THE CHILD DID NOT REALIZE I WAS OBSERVING OR RECORDING HIM FOR THE SAME REASON TO GET THE BEST RESULTS I COULD.

IN PERFORMING THIS STUDY I WAS ABLE TO ACHIEVE THE RESULTS I EXPECTED I LEARNED THE MEANING OF ODD, THE AGES IT AFFECTED, HOW IT IS TREATED, THE IMPACT IT HAS ON PARENTS, AND CAME UP WITH A RECOMMENDATION

USEFUL LESSONS LEARNEDI LEARNED A FEW LESSONS IN RESEARCHING THIS PAPER

IT MAINLY AFFECTS CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 3-8

IT IS TREATED WITH BOTH COUNSELING AND MEDICATION

IT IS A DISORDER THAT 99% OF CHILDREN GROW OUT OF

IT BOTH PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY AFFECTS THE PARENTS

THERE IS PARENT COUNSELING AND CLASSES THAT TEACH THE PARENT HOW TO DEAL WITH AN ODD CHILD

CONCLUSIONMY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT A FAMILY THAT IS DEALING WITH A CHILD WITH ODD SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ALL THE SERVICES THAT ARE OUT THERE TO HELP THEM. A COMBINATION OF ALL OF THESE SERVICES WILL MAKE FOR A SUITABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED.THE COUNSELING WILL HELP BOTH THE CHILD AND PARENT COPE WITH THE CHILD’S DISORDER. THE CLASSES WILL TEACH THE PARENT THE APPROPRIATE MEASURES TO TAKE WHEN THE CHILD IS BEING EXTREMELY DEFIANT.

THE MEDICATION WILL HELP CONTROL THE CHILD’S OUTBURSTS