What are the symptoms or behaviors of a child with ODD?
Typically they involve a child that gets easily angered, is unkind to others when they are upset or angry, argues with adults, talks back, defies the rules, intentionally bothers those around them, has frequent temper tantrums, gets easily annoyed, and does not follow rules. All children at one point or another in their lives display some of these symptoms, however it is not to the level or extent of a child with ODD. What exactly causes a child to display these behaviors? The exact nature or cause of Oppositional Defiant Disorder is not currently known. The two most popular theories are that ODD is caused by incomplete development and the second theory suggests that ODD is a learned behavior. Developmental theory indicates that a child did not complete the tasks that a child usually completes a toddler. In essence, this theory suggests that the child has not worked through the stage of development of childhood defiance that usually occurs around the age of two to three years old. The
Typically they involve a child that gets easily angered, is unkind to others when they are upset or angry, argues with adults, talks back, defies the rules, intentionally bothers those around them, has frequent temper tantrums, gets easily annoyed, and does not follow rules. All children at one point or another in their lives display some of these symptoms, however it is not to the level or extent of a child with ODD. What exactly causes a child to display these behaviors? The exact nature or cause of Oppositional Defiant Disorder is not currently known. The two most popular theories are that ODD is caused by incomplete development and the second theory suggests that ODD is a learned behavior. Developmental theory indicates that a child did not complete the tasks that a child usually completes a toddler. In essence, this theory suggests that the child has not worked through the stage of development of childhood defiance that usually occurs around the age of two to three years old. The
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