Oppositional Defiant Disorder. A Two-Step Treatment Plan Designed to Help Parents Improve Relationships with Their Children

Raising a child with Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) is a very challenging, extremely exhausting, and often overwhelming task. This book will help you successfully cope with it by showing that caring for your child begins with caring for yourself. The first part of the book will discuss tools and strategies for managing emotional reactions to the behavior of a "defiant" child. In other words, in the first part, you will learn how to take care of yourself. The second part of this book contains descriptions of approaches aimed at developing skills in the child that will be necessary for the successful formation of executive functions. This is a generalized program aimed at eradicating undesirable habits and establishing appropriate behavior patterns. The author believes that children with ODD are capable of learning to cope with the symptoms of their disorder.