Handling children with Oppositional Defiant Disorder
by Denae Mayes
1. Create boundaries in your home by setting house rules. Misbehavior under parents supervision reveals how your child may behave while in school, or under care of others. Setting boundaries in the household may not prevent later frustrations but will improve behavior conduct.
2. Having a structured home a child have to conform to is most advisable for children in general, but especially for ODD children. With structure a child knows the pattern, rules and boundaries of a respectable household. Setting regular schedules in their daily routine will prevent child frustrations. For example, regular schedules for dinner, schoolwork, bathing, and sleeping curfew.
3. In order to diagnose children with Oppositional Defiant Disorder Psychiatrists must evaluate what misbehavior are normal to severe to differentiate diagnosis. Children who fit description are characterized as strong willed, frequently defiant, argumentative, vindictive behavior, etc.
4. Parents more thank likely prefer to take further steps in their own hands have the option to psychosocial management.
5. Discipline- Efforts to manage your child's misbehavior is a tedious matter. When manipulating a child with (ODD) you must take account on parenting basic principles for positive results.
6. Do not engage your child's will talking back and forth with him/her. Children diagnosed with ODD are strong willed and prefer to control others in their environment. While addressing the present issue be it is vital to be mindful of tone of voice. Confronting child with a calm, firm voice are likely to have a positive response in behavior. Harsh tones may resort to negative impact on behavior, environment involving others and the child.
7. Parents with child who is diagnosed should refrain from further conflict. Rather than focusing on the issue parents need to think ahead and ask themselves what is the solution to the problem presented. Solutions will diffuse conflict and influence child to listen and obey to parent.
