The Parent's Guide to Oppositional Defiant Disorder: Your Questions Answered

by Amelia Bowler

Overview

This parenting guide to ODD offers expert information on your child's condition, provides insight and empathy to what they are going through, and equips and empowers you to make practical changes in your parenting approaches. It provides an overview of tried-and-tested techniques from a mother of a child with ODD to support you in response to typical questions you may have:

- "Why is my child acting this way?"
- "What does this say about me?"
- Why doesn't my child respond to punishment or reward?"
- "What am I supposed to do next?"

Overall this book teaches you how to avoid common mistakes in responding to ODD, the crossover with similar diagnoses such as ADHD, how to distinguish the disorders and how to improve your own resilience and confidence.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781787752382
Publisher:	Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Publication date:	08/21/2020
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 8.98(h) x 0.87(d)

About the Author

Amelia Bowler is a behavioural consultation, a Board-Certified Behavioural Analyst, and the owner of Creative Connected Parenting. She writes at www.ameliabehaviour.com/blog. She has been a therapist for children with special needs. She regularly presents behaviour workshops for parents in Toronto as well as online.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Part I: Changing the way you see Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Chapter 1: Oppositional Defiant Disorder: the view from the outside
Chapter 2: Struggles linked with Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Chapter 3: Cultural competence, misunderstandings and bias
Chapter 4: Managing Your Frustrations and Expectations
Part II Changing the way the student sees you

Chapter 5: Control and Autonomy
Chapter 6 Leadership without coercion
Chapter 7: Building trust and connection
Chapter 8: Responding to students in distress

PART III Understanding your students' goals and needs
Chapter 9: Looking for the WHY of behaviour
Chapter 10: Common Classroom Struggles: Invisible Disabilities
Chapter 11: Skills that improve cooperation in the classroom
Chapter 12: Preparing to write an Individualized Behaviour Plan

PART IV: Worksheets

Editorial Reviews

Amelia has a true gift of making really hard things doable. The subject of ODD may seem overwhelming, but she has given us this book to make the research accessible and the strategies easy to implement. She combines science and compassion to make a real difference for families and professionals alike.

Leanne Page

Reading this book is like sitting down to coffee with a trusted-mom-friend who happens to spend all her free time reading research papers about children and behavior. Amelia Bowler helps parents see kids' challenging behavior from a new perspective offering hope along with practical, realistic advice. Parents will learn how to build resilience, foster connection, and improve communication to help kids who struggle with emotional self-regulation and prioritization.

Alissa Marquess Zorn

In The Parent's Guide to Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Amelia Bowler has put together an invaluable resource for parents trying to make sense of their child's diagnosis. She clears up the myths, offers guidance and compassion, and helps parents understand how to best support their child's healthy development.

Debbie Reber