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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 276446" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Welcome, Michelle.</p><p></p><p>As far as I know, there is no treatment and no medications for autism in any form. However, the ADHD component can be helped with medications. Similarly, the ODD is not something that can be treated. However, there ARE things you can do to help there.</p><p></p><p>A book we can recommend is "The Explosive Child" by Ross Greene. It deals with the ODD-type of issues which can result from a wide rnge of underlying disorders. The common factor is whwen kids have a short fuse, a high level fo frustration and especially if they also have difficulties expressing themselves fluently, especially when upset. Dr Green refers to them NOT as "Oppositional Defiant Disorder" (a term I hate, because it is very misleading and implies the child is choosing to be difficult) but as "Inflexible Explosive". He also gives tools that can help work around the problems these kids have.</p><p></p><p>The aim is to sort it out, to raise your child to be a functioning, happy, productive and independent member of society. For kids who are very different, often we have to use techniques which are very different. If we try to use tight control we often make the problems worse. There ARE other ways that work well.</p><p></p><p>More details later, I don't want to overwhelm you. Do a sig for yourself when you can, it saves you having to keep explaining all about yourself each time you post.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 276446, member: 1991"] Welcome, Michelle. As far as I know, there is no treatment and no medications for autism in any form. However, the ADHD component can be helped with medications. Similarly, the ODD is not something that can be treated. However, there ARE things you can do to help there. A book we can recommend is "The Explosive Child" by Ross Greene. It deals with the ODD-type of issues which can result from a wide rnge of underlying disorders. The common factor is whwen kids have a short fuse, a high level fo frustration and especially if they also have difficulties expressing themselves fluently, especially when upset. Dr Green refers to them NOT as "Oppositional Defiant Disorder" (a term I hate, because it is very misleading and implies the child is choosing to be difficult) but as "Inflexible Explosive". He also gives tools that can help work around the problems these kids have. The aim is to sort it out, to raise your child to be a functioning, happy, productive and independent member of society. For kids who are very different, often we have to use techniques which are very different. If we try to use tight control we often make the problems worse. There ARE other ways that work well. More details later, I don't want to overwhelm you. Do a sig for yourself when you can, it saves you having to keep explaining all about yourself each time you post. Marg [/QUOTE]
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