My experience with Oppositional Defiance Disorder (ODD)

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Newest Review: ... years of development and I would gladly accept their diagnosis, reassured it was not my fault. She went to playschool, and ... more

... eventually, settled down and enjoyed it. Then after a term or so, her teacher changed, the playschool was taken over by someone else and the whole tone of the place changed. Viki hated it. She would have "sit down strikes" and refused to walk there, so I took her out and taught her at home as much as I could, as I was worried she would be missing out on her pre-school education. It was during this time at home when I found her even more challenging and demanding. I could not control her, she was defiant...more

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My experience with Oppositional Defiance Disorder (ODD): UPDATED : Living With Behavioural Difficulties (2292 words)
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I have four children - three daughters aged nearly eleven, eight and five, also a son who is nine. He has Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), but I will be writing a separate opinion on that. I want to concentrate this opinion on my daughter, Viki, who turned five in April and who has Oppositional Defiance Disorder (ODD) and some emotional traits of Autism. Her life started off pretty simply enough, a straight-forward birth, no problems. She was the biggest of my babies, only a few ounces short of 8lbs. But she arrived at a difficult time. She was born in April 1996. A week or so after her birth, our landlord told us we had to move out, as ... Read the complete review

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