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Their responses to authority figures range from indifference to hostility. Their behavior frequently impacts those around them, including teachers, peers, and family members.
The most common types of disruptive behavior disorders include an other or unspecified disruptive, impulse-control, and conduct disorder (previously known as disruptive behavior disorder), oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) and conduct disorder (CD). Children with these behavioral disorders can be stubborn, difficult, disobedient, and irritable.
Symptoms:
Children with oppositional defiant disorder often lose their temper. They are quick to argue with adults over rules or requests. They are likely to:
1. Be uncooperative
2. Argue, even about small and unimportant things
3. Refuse to follow rules
4. Deliberately annoy others, and become easily annoyed by other people
5. Blame others for their mistakes or misbehavior
6. Behave in angry, resentful, spiteful, and vindictive ways
CAUSES:
# Heredity. Children with disruptive behavior disorders often have parents with mental health disorders, including
-Substance abuse.
-Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
-A mood disorder.
-Schizophrenia.
-Antisocial personality disorder
# Environment. There is an increased risk for disruptive behavior disorders among children who were:
-Rejected by their mothers as infants.
-Separated from their parents.
-Recipients of poor foster care
Diagnosis:
Disruptive behavior disorders can be difficult to diagnose. This is because children and adolescents living with anxiety, depression, chronic stress and other conditions may act out in ways that seem like a disruptive behavior disorder. These behaviors may be associated with another condition such as depression or anxiety. A licensed practitioner will completely review your child’s symptoms to determine his or her diagnosis.
TREATMENT:
Children with disruptive behavior disorders often benefit from special behavioral techniques. These can be implemented at home and at school. Therapeutic approaches typically include methods for:
For younger children (under age 9), interventions that help parents more successfully manage their child’s behaviors are very effective
* Training children to become more aware of their own anger cues
* Adult-implemented positive reinforcement strategies to improve children’s self-control
* If a child has a diagnosis of oppositional defiant disorder or conduct disorder, parents may wish to consult with their school to see if it may be beneficial to place them in a special classroom set up to more easily provide effective behavioral interventions.
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