Oppositional Defiant Disorder ODD

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Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)

• Presented by
• Catherine McAllister, Melissa Thamm
• Rebecca Dawson and Bronwyn Day

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Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) is a pattern
of negative, hostile, disobedient and defiant
behaviour towards an authority figure. There is
a absence of violation in the social norms.
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Symptoms

• Frequent temper tantrums
• Excessive arguing with adults
• Actively defiant and refusal to comply with adult
  requests and rules
• Deliberate attempts to annoy or upset people
• Blaming others for his or her mistakes or
  misbehaviour's
• Loss of friendship or trouble in school

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Symptoms

• Often touchy or easily annoyed by others
• Frequent anger and resentment
• Mean and hateful when talking
• Spiteful or vindictive
• Swearing or using obscene language
• Low opinion of themselves
• May abuse drugs
• Angry and resentful of others

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What causes ODD?

• The cause of Oppositional Defiant Disorder is
  unknown at this time. The following are some of
  the theories being investigated
• It may be related to the childs temperament
  and the familys response to that temperament
• A predisposition to ODD is inherited in some
  families
• There may be problems in the brain that cause
  ODD.
• It may be cause by a chemical imbalance in the
  brain

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Who has ODD?

• 10 years and under - however this can develop
  beyond this age
• More prevalent in boys than girls
• 1 in 5 primary age students display ODD
  characteristics (this can be influenced by
  economical, racial and cultural factors)

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What can we do as future educators?

• Always build on the positives, give the child
  praise and positive reinforcement when they show
  flexibility or cooperation.
• Take a time-out break, if you are trying to make
  the conflict worse. This is good modelling for
  the child.
• Support the child if they decide to take time-out
  to prevent overreacting.

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What can we do as future educators?

• Pick your battles. Since the child with ODD has
  trouble avoiding power struggle, prioritise the
  things you want the student to do.
• Set up reasonable, age appropriate limits with
  consequences that can be enforced consistently.
• Obtain support from other teachers and support
  staff
• and always remember..

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• Stay calm! Allow time to manage your own stress
  and relaxation!

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How can I obtain further information?

• School support (talk to colleagues)
• Guidance officer
• Scarce resources in the library etc - because it
  its a relatively new disorder.
• Most information on the Internet in medical
  journals. Can be found
• using most search engines.

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Useful Web Sites for ODD
Children with Oppositional Defiant
Disorder http//www.aacap.org/publications/factsfa
m/72.htm Conduct Disorders http//www.conductdis
orders.com/ Teaching Students with Behavioural
Disorders http//www.provincialcec.on.ca/Resources
/Webresources/BDWR.htm ODD - What is
it? http//www.klis.com/chandler/pamphlet/oddcd/ab
out.htm
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Lets go back.

• Using some of the recommended strategies in the
  presentation, lets return to our classroom
  setting and see the difference. The strategies
  you will see (and use) have already been
  implemented over a period of time.