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New/desperately seeking help with-ODD 15 yos. Feel I am losing my mind....
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<blockquote data-quote="TeDo" data-source="post: 523758"><p>Thanks for giving us more background. It will help alot.</p><p></p><p>Anxiety and Depression in children presents very differently than in adults. They are commonly associated with anger and frustration in children so I wouldn't necessarily write those diagnosis's off completely. A book I would highly recommend you read is kind of our site "bible" so to speak. It is called The Explosive Child by Ross Greene. It gives great strategies to help figure out what's really going on with our kids. It even works on neurotypical kids. </p><p></p><p>I dealt with an ODD diagnosis for almost 4 years with difficult child 1 only to find out (after implementing the processes explained in the book) that it wasn't ODD at all. Once we got a THOROUGH evaluation by a neuropsychologist that we got accurate diagnosis's, things changed drastically because I changed MY thinking. Once I fully understood where difficult child 1 was coming from, it has been much easier to teach what I didn't realize he didn't know so our house is much calmer.</p><p></p><p>Try the book and see if you can get "into his head" and find the REAL cause of his behaviors. Kids' behaviors are a lot of times their way of communicating. </p><p></p><p>You have come to the right place. ALL of us have been where you are so we can all relate and what works for one person doesn't work for others so this is a GREAT place for many different perspecitives and ideas. Welcome to our little family.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TeDo, post: 523758"] Thanks for giving us more background. It will help alot. Anxiety and Depression in children presents very differently than in adults. They are commonly associated with anger and frustration in children so I wouldn't necessarily write those diagnosis's off completely. A book I would highly recommend you read is kind of our site "bible" so to speak. It is called The Explosive Child by Ross Greene. It gives great strategies to help figure out what's really going on with our kids. It even works on neurotypical kids. I dealt with an ODD diagnosis for almost 4 years with difficult child 1 only to find out (after implementing the processes explained in the book) that it wasn't ODD at all. Once we got a THOROUGH evaluation by a neuropsychologist that we got accurate diagnosis's, things changed drastically because I changed MY thinking. Once I fully understood where difficult child 1 was coming from, it has been much easier to teach what I didn't realize he didn't know so our house is much calmer. Try the book and see if you can get "into his head" and find the REAL cause of his behaviors. Kids' behaviors are a lot of times their way of communicating. You have come to the right place. ALL of us have been where you are so we can all relate and what works for one person doesn't work for others so this is a GREAT place for many different perspecitives and ideas. Welcome to our little family. [/QUOTE]
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