Oppositional Defiant Disorder by David Lawson PHD

Oppositional defiant disorder is a behavioural disorder that occurs in children of school or preschool age, and is characterised by anger, irritability, revenge and aversion behaviour, that frequently manifests in your child for a period of at least six months. School teachers use basic methods; those learned at home or in their schools when they were pupils and students, and often find themselves able to do nothing but raise their voices, marginalize and give bad grades to children who are vulnerable to these types of issues. Instead of improving the situation and the lives of these children, they create a climate in which behaviour gets dramatically worse. In a social context, these children are marginalised, bullied and classified as monsters, labels that do nothing but feed the vicious circle of poor behaviour, isolation and social stigma. If not resolved in time, these problems cause impairment in social adaptation and social functionality, increasing the risk of anxiety disorders, depressive disorders and leading to potentially serious consequences that could otherwise, with the right techniques, be avoided. In fact, more and more parents and educators are turning to methods proven by psychologists, methods based on specific cases, becoming experts and abandoning old methods that have perpetually proved to be ineffective.

Your son or daughter IS NOT A MONSTER. These children/teenagers often SUFFER TERRIBLY and sometimes express their discomfort in ways we do not understand. Reading this book tomorrow you will not magically solve all your child's problems, BUT I GUARANTEE that if you read and reread each chapter carefully, ABSORB all the tips and APPLY the techniques provided by this manual, then you will be well on the way to rebuilding a healthy relationship with your son or daughter, and increasing the chances of a brighter future for you both.