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<blockquote data-quote="AnnieO" data-source="post: 449125" data-attributes="member: 6705"><p>Hi WD! Welcome...</p><p></p><p>Has he been diagnosed with anything else? Any behavior problems, learning disabilities, extreme behavior...?</p><p></p><p>ODD tends to be kind of a "catchall" diagnosis. in my opinion, most teens are oppositional and defiant at some point. ODD is when it's worse than occasional typical teen behavior.</p><p></p><p>Refusing to talk, too, is reasonably common. I have a teen who tells wild tales to whoever will listen... And we never quite know when it's true, or not, because most of it cannot be independently verified. But when it comes to the important stuff, she clams up... Until she begins to trust the person. I say begins - because it never gets much further than that.</p><p></p><p>Her most recent counselor had us sign a release that pretty much stated anything O told her would be confidential, even from us, <em>unless it was a safety issue</em>. Well, we hit the safety threshold - and we don't know ALL she told the counselor, but I could guess. Still, she told this counselor more - I think because of that little piece of paper.</p><p></p><p>...One more question... How long has he been smoking pot? And... O only admitted to pot. (She never tested positive for anything but pot, but we do know she went nuts with cold medications, too.)</p><p></p><p>Once again, welcome - there will be others with more experience along.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AnnieO, post: 449125, member: 6705"] Hi WD! Welcome... Has he been diagnosed with anything else? Any behavior problems, learning disabilities, extreme behavior...? ODD tends to be kind of a "catchall" diagnosis. in my opinion, most teens are oppositional and defiant at some point. ODD is when it's worse than occasional typical teen behavior. Refusing to talk, too, is reasonably common. I have a teen who tells wild tales to whoever will listen... And we never quite know when it's true, or not, because most of it cannot be independently verified. But when it comes to the important stuff, she clams up... Until she begins to trust the person. I say begins - because it never gets much further than that. Her most recent counselor had us sign a release that pretty much stated anything O told her would be confidential, even from us, [I]unless it was a safety issue[/I]. Well, we hit the safety threshold - and we don't know ALL she told the counselor, but I could guess. Still, she told this counselor more - I think because of that little piece of paper. ...One more question... How long has he been smoking pot? And... O only admitted to pot. (She never tested positive for anything but pot, but we do know she went nuts with cold medications, too.) Once again, welcome - there will be others with more experience along. [/QUOTE]
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