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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 701161" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>Hello. I echo the recommendation of "The Explosive Child" - a great book. Just a question about this diagnosis you received - can therapists issue diagnoses in the States? Or is it really just her opinion? Here in Europe, diagnoses have to be made by child psychiatrists and, as you perhaps know, technically they aren't supposed to diagnose ADHD before age six. It seems your little boy is aggressive and oppositional... but why? I think you really need to find that out. My son is also ADHD (and recently "diagnosed" ODD though as Susiestar said, I think it's a pretty meaningless label) but when he was four he was aggressive and oppositional in response to various triggers - basically, situations or emotions he didn't know how to deal with. The rest of the time he was trying hard though nobody much saw or understood that. Also your son is extremely clever which my son isn't (well, not in an academic way, anyway) and one has to wonder what part that plays in it all.</p><p></p><p>Can you describe a specific situation in which your little boy gets upset/aggressive?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 701161, member: 11227"] Hello. I echo the recommendation of "The Explosive Child" - a great book. Just a question about this diagnosis you received - can therapists issue diagnoses in the States? Or is it really just her opinion? Here in Europe, diagnoses have to be made by child psychiatrists and, as you perhaps know, technically they aren't supposed to diagnose ADHD before age six. It seems your little boy is aggressive and oppositional... but why? I think you really need to find that out. My son is also ADHD (and recently "diagnosed" ODD though as Susiestar said, I think it's a pretty meaningless label) but when he was four he was aggressive and oppositional in response to various triggers - basically, situations or emotions he didn't know how to deal with. The rest of the time he was trying hard though nobody much saw or understood that. Also your son is extremely clever which my son isn't (well, not in an academic way, anyway) and one has to wonder what part that plays in it all. Can you describe a specific situation in which your little boy gets upset/aggressive? [/QUOTE]
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