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<blockquote data-quote="HaoZi" data-source="post: 586444" data-attributes="member: 15793"><p>diagnosis is a diagnosis. And school will be pretty worthless in diagnosing him with anything - he needs a professional and lots of testing, that's a what a neurospych is for. ODD is also a pretty useless diagnosis, and generally when you find the *real* underlying conditions and get help for those, most of the ODD behaviors will start to go away. Also there is no help for ODD like there is for other diagnosis's.</p><p></p><p>And I doubt he's really doing this specifically to annoy you - there's lot's going on here that he needs help for that he isn't getting, and since you're not his parent you have no legal way to get him the help he needs. You can find ways to try to understand and help at home, but that's about as much as you'll be able to do.</p><p></p><p>Yes, autistic kids can bring home good grades. Mine is, in fact, highly intelligent, VERY verbal (at times too much so, lol). Does she always get good grades? Ummm... nope, doesn't always apply herself. Behavior? Varies - tends towards extremely violent outbursts at times, especially over baths/showers, which she absolutely HATES to partake in. Every kid is different and presents differently. There are many possibilities for what is going on with your stepson, and until he gets a professional evaluation and help, you simply don't know what is really wrong. </p><p></p><p>There are many reasons kids hoard food. Mine doesn't do it, so I can't speak of it much, but others here have more experience with it. Could be he wants to stay in his room, or didn't get much to eat when he lived with them and learned to hoard in order to always have food, or an Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) thing, or many other reasons. Again, you need professional help to find the underlying cause and get help with it and the other behaviors.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HaoZi, post: 586444, member: 15793"] diagnosis is a diagnosis. And school will be pretty worthless in diagnosing him with anything - he needs a professional and lots of testing, that's a what a neurospych is for. ODD is also a pretty useless diagnosis, and generally when you find the *real* underlying conditions and get help for those, most of the ODD behaviors will start to go away. Also there is no help for ODD like there is for other diagnosis's. And I doubt he's really doing this specifically to annoy you - there's lot's going on here that he needs help for that he isn't getting, and since you're not his parent you have no legal way to get him the help he needs. You can find ways to try to understand and help at home, but that's about as much as you'll be able to do. Yes, autistic kids can bring home good grades. Mine is, in fact, highly intelligent, VERY verbal (at times too much so, lol). Does she always get good grades? Ummm... nope, doesn't always apply herself. Behavior? Varies - tends towards extremely violent outbursts at times, especially over baths/showers, which she absolutely HATES to partake in. Every kid is different and presents differently. There are many possibilities for what is going on with your stepson, and until he gets a professional evaluation and help, you simply don't know what is really wrong. There are many reasons kids hoard food. Mine doesn't do it, so I can't speak of it much, but others here have more experience with it. Could be he wants to stay in his room, or didn't get much to eat when he lived with them and learned to hoard in order to always have food, or an Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) thing, or many other reasons. Again, you need professional help to find the underlying cause and get help with it and the other behaviors. [/QUOTE]
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