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<blockquote data-quote="smallworld" data-source="post: 282177" data-attributes="member: 2423"><p>Welcome! You are very kind to find out the best ways to support your friend. Do you know if your friend would be willing to seek out support for herself, either by joining this or another online community or by participating in a face-to-face support group through organizations like NAMI (<a href="http://www.nami.org" target="_blank">www.nami.org</a>) or the National Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health (<a href="http://www.ffcmh.org" target="_blank">www.ffcmh.org</a>)? Parenting a child with special needs can be a very bumpy journey, and it's helpful not to have to travel it alone. You might want to steer her to these helpful organizations.</p><p> </p><p>Many of us have found the book <em>The Explosive Child</em> by Ross Greene helpful in parenting our extra-challenging children. You might want to suggest your friend pick up a copy at her local public library or bookstore. It's also available through the link to Amazon on this website.</p><p> </p><p>I'm not sure how to broach this subject gently with your friend, but I'd be very wary of a diagnosis of ADHD with conduct disorder for an 8-year-old child. Conduct disorder is typically reserved for the over-18 crowd. Furthermore, it's not always a helpful diagnosis (same with ODD) because it describes a set of behaviors that are fueled by an underlying cause. When the underlying disorder is identifed and treated, the ODD/CD behaviors typically improve.</p><p> </p><p>Do you know what kind of doctor diagnosed this child?</p><p>Do you know whether she's ever had a neuropsychological evaluation?</p><p>Do you know whether there are mental health or substance abuse issues in the bio family tree?</p><p> </p><p>Again, welcome.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smallworld, post: 282177, member: 2423"] Welcome! You are very kind to find out the best ways to support your friend. Do you know if your friend would be willing to seek out support for herself, either by joining this or another online community or by participating in a face-to-face support group through organizations like NAMI ([URL="http://www.nami.org"]www.nami.org[/URL]) or the National Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health ([URL="http://www.ffcmh.org"]www.ffcmh.org[/URL])? Parenting a child with special needs can be a very bumpy journey, and it's helpful not to have to travel it alone. You might want to steer her to these helpful organizations. Many of us have found the book [I]The Explosive Child[/I] by Ross Greene helpful in parenting our extra-challenging children. You might want to suggest your friend pick up a copy at her local public library or bookstore. It's also available through the link to Amazon on this website. I'm not sure how to broach this subject gently with your friend, but I'd be very wary of a diagnosis of ADHD with conduct disorder for an 8-year-old child. Conduct disorder is typically reserved for the over-18 crowd. Furthermore, it's not always a helpful diagnosis (same with ODD) because it describes a set of behaviors that are fueled by an underlying cause. When the underlying disorder is identifed and treated, the ODD/CD behaviors typically improve. Do you know what kind of doctor diagnosed this child? Do you know whether she's ever had a neuropsychological evaluation? Do you know whether there are mental health or substance abuse issues in the bio family tree? Again, welcome. [/QUOTE]
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