Hi, and welcome.
You have responded to a VERY old thread, and many of the board members ignore such dinosaur threads...
So, you'll get far more responses if you start your own thread.
Having said that?
in my opinion - ODD is not a diagnosis of value. It works as a placeholder - validating that the behavior is indeed a problem and not just in YOUR head. But beyond that? ODD as a diagnosis gives you nothing. No interventions, accommodations, medications, guidance.
Mostly, it seems like ODD behavior happens for a reason, or for multiple reasons.
Little things you mention make it sound like there could be a number of different possible dxes - one, or more.
We found nothing much worked until we got to the bottom of the complete list of dxes and knew what we were dealing with.
Please start a new thread, tell us more about your difficult child... and I'm sure others will respond. (they always do)
