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<blockquote data-quote="HMBgal" data-source="post: 645799" data-attributes="member: 13260"><p>Same issue with my grandson. Always a challenge, but really came to a head in pre-school. Diagnosed ADHD, teachers always like to throw the "have you seen this description of ODD? Gosh, sounds just like your son/daughter/grandson", etc. Yeah, we knew, we know, and we also know that it describes a set of behaviors, but not what's causing them. </p><p></p><p>To answer your "what are other kids are age doing to be classified as ODD." With us, it started with emails coming from parents of playgroups saying that grandson was hurting other children, won't listen, won't play, just run arounds and creates chaos. This was at 2-3 years of age. It was pushing kids off swings at playgrounds, refusing to listen to pre-school providers about anything and screaming at them. Everything is "NO!" We couldn't take our eyes off of him for a second because he would knock his toddling younger sister down, hit, bite, etc. When he wasn't doing all that, he was bright and sweet. No focus at all on a game, toys, or activity. </p><p></p><p>When he hit kindergarten, all hell broke loose. He couldn't even stay at school for more that 90 minutes, he had to have an adult watch him at recess (usually me or my husband). He was tearing up papers, throwing toys at kids, making a shambles of story time, circle time, any group time at all. </p><p></p><p>After much agonizing, we decided to give Concerta a try. The school psychiatric said (after testing for need for special services at school) that he didn't come off classically ADHD, and that there was something else, but he could't tell what it was. Meanwhile, the kid was reading, performing at a high academic level in kindergarten, and that is still true in third grade. The concerta really did help him calm down enough to be able to talk to him and try to teach him some tools to control his rages. </p><p></p><p>He has really matured a lot, he knows he can't hit and kick other kids, although if he flies into a rage, he will throw chairs, scream and yell, and get kind of scary. It's cost him a lot socially. But, he won't hurt his siblings, and we can just about leave him at a birthday party (hardly ever gets invited, though) with the right people who know and understand him. </p><p></p><p>This was just our experience of how it started, and how it is now. Your child may take a completely different path. Each child is so unique. In the meantime, The Explosive Child books are good, and this site is wonderful.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HMBgal, post: 645799, member: 13260"] Same issue with my grandson. Always a challenge, but really came to a head in pre-school. Diagnosed ADHD, teachers always like to throw the "have you seen this description of ODD? Gosh, sounds just like your son/daughter/grandson", etc. Yeah, we knew, we know, and we also know that it describes a set of behaviors, but not what's causing them. To answer your "what are other kids are age doing to be classified as ODD." With us, it started with emails coming from parents of playgroups saying that grandson was hurting other children, won't listen, won't play, just run arounds and creates chaos. This was at 2-3 years of age. It was pushing kids off swings at playgrounds, refusing to listen to pre-school providers about anything and screaming at them. Everything is "NO!" We couldn't take our eyes off of him for a second because he would knock his toddling younger sister down, hit, bite, etc. When he wasn't doing all that, he was bright and sweet. No focus at all on a game, toys, or activity. When he hit kindergarten, all hell broke loose. He couldn't even stay at school for more that 90 minutes, he had to have an adult watch him at recess (usually me or my husband). He was tearing up papers, throwing toys at kids, making a shambles of story time, circle time, any group time at all. After much agonizing, we decided to give Concerta a try. The school psychiatric said (after testing for need for special services at school) that he didn't come off classically ADHD, and that there was something else, but he could't tell what it was. Meanwhile, the kid was reading, performing at a high academic level in kindergarten, and that is still true in third grade. The concerta really did help him calm down enough to be able to talk to him and try to teach him some tools to control his rages. He has really matured a lot, he knows he can't hit and kick other kids, although if he flies into a rage, he will throw chairs, scream and yell, and get kind of scary. It's cost him a lot socially. But, he won't hurt his siblings, and we can just about leave him at a birthday party (hardly ever gets invited, though) with the right people who know and understand him. This was just our experience of how it started, and how it is now. Your child may take a completely different path. Each child is so unique. In the meantime, The Explosive Child books are good, and this site is wonderful. [/QUOTE]
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