I know parents who are desperate to try and treat their oppositional defiant disorder kids successfully and without going out of their minds.
Basically, their kids are completely disobedient, hostile, aggressive and mouthy.
Here are some successful strategies that we have tried in our family.
1.
Help your child make choices.
All the sites say that you must not give in and this is true up to a certain point.
But what about discussing the various options and give your child some choices.
Talk about the consequences and the rewards for the various options so that the next time he misbehaves , he knows what is going to happen because you have talked it through.
2.
Show your child affection and love.
That means giving praise and physical affection for good behavior.
It also means praise gets top priority and bad behavior is minimized but never ignored.
Spend prime time with kids doing enjoyable activities to empathise and bond.
3.
Keep calm and avoid flashpoints.
You know by now what is likely to cause tantrums and you which situations can de defused.
Always discuss the child's behavior after the event and avoid at all costs getting into shouting matches.
This could show the child that shouting actually works, if you lose one particular battle.
As the name oppositional defiant disorder implies, there will be opposition ! Following a child behavior program is the key to dealing with oppositional defiant disorder successfully.
Discover more successful ways of dealing with this disorder by reinforcing good behavior and downgrading bad behavior.
Group training in parenting skills or in any child behavior programs is a great way of dealing with oppositional defiant disorder.