Hi.
I'm new to this thread and I totally understand your situation.
I have a 9 year old son who became extremely challenging this time last year. After many appointments with Camhs in the Uk and 7 exclusions from school in the last year my son on Friday was diagnosed with ODD. To finally get answers for his behaviour does bring some relief as I have spent many sleepless nights wondering why and what is going on and even doubting my capabilities as a mother. I am a single parent and have had to struggle with this on my own. My son has contact with his father however despite the exclusions and his dad being informed of my sons physical and verbal violence towards me not only at home but in public, my sons dad has always been very unsupportive claiming he is not like that with him and if I am not coping he will take my son. Everytime my son has been excluded it has been for biting, punching, kicking and swearing at the teachers. So I am not the only authority figure who has to deal with my child's aggression. I am also concerend for my job as I am continually being called out of work to collect him which my work as you can imagine are now fed up with.
My son calls me every swear word under the sun, refuses to come home when I pick him up from school, has made allegations against me which he then confessed to being untrue when investigated p.s I am a teacher so I could of lost my job and he frequently tries to run off, has hit his grandmother and tells frequent lies. Last week he made a allegation against a teacher when he had done wrong and was spoken to about it. The last year has been really stressful for me and despite support from friends and family I have never felt so alone.
