Showing posts with label children. Show all posts
Showing posts with label children. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

ODD Behaviors In Children


ODD BEHAVIORS,

Click here to read more.
By: Mayoclinic




Behavioral treatment of ODD involves learning skills to help build positive family interactions and to manage problematic behaviors. Additional therapy, and possibly medications, may be needed to treat related mental health disorders.


Talks about:

Signs of ODD:

Generally begin during preschool years. Sometimes ODD may develop later, but almost always before the early teen years. These behaviors cause significant impairment with family, social activities, school and work.
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), published by the American Psychiatric Association, lists criteria for diagnosing ODD. The DSM-5 criteria include emotional and behavioral symptoms that last at least six months.
Angry and irritable mood:

  • Often and easily loses temper
  • Is frequently touchy and easily annoyed by others
  • Is often angry and resentful
Argumentative and defiant behavior:

  • Often argues with adults or people in authority
  • Often actively defies or refuses to comply with adults' requests or rules
  • Often deliberately annoys or upsets people
  • Often blames others for his or her mistakes or misbehavior
Vindictiveness:
  • Is often spiteful or vindictive
  • Has shown spiteful or vindictive behavior at least twice in the past six months
ODD can vary in severity:
  • Mild. Symptoms occur only in one setting, such as only at home, school, work or with peers.
  • Moderate. Some symptoms occur in at least two settings.
  • Severe. Some symptoms occur in three or more settings.
For some children, symptoms may first be seen only at home, but with time extend to other settings, such as school and with friends.


---Mayoclinic








CLICK HERE TO READ, ODD: What Is Child ODD?
By: Childmind.org

It talks about:



Children with oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) display extreme resistance to authority, conflict with parents, outbursts of temper and spitefulness with peers. This guide outlines the signs a child might have ODD, how it is diagnosed in children and treatment options.



ODD: What to Look For

Children and adolescents with ODD are very quick to lose their tempers, often disobedient at home or at school, apt to ignore or rebel against rules, quick to blame others for mistakes or misbehavior, and prone to annoy others and be easily annoyed. Within limits, every one of these behaviors is typical in children, but those with ODD have problems containing these impulses, and act out so often that it compromises their ability to get along with others. The extraordinary level of oppositional behavior means children with ODD are sometimes described as having a “reflexive ‘No!’”—they will refuse to cooperate even before they know what is being asked of them. Symptoms of ODD can become apparent as early as pre-school or much later, in adolescence.

-By: Childmind.org





ODD, & what to Look For In Children:

Children and adolescents with ODD are very quick to lose their tempers, often disobedient at home or at school, apt to ignore or rebel against rules, quick to blame others for mistakes or misbehavior, and prone to annoy others and be easily annoyed.

Within limits, every one of these behaviors is typical in children, but those with ODD have problems containing these impulses, and act out so often that it compromises their ability to get along with others.

The extraordinary level of oppositional behavior means children with ODD are sometimes described as having a “reflexive ‘No!’”—they will refuse to cooperate even before they know what is being asked of them. Symptoms of ODD can become apparent as early as pre-school or much later, in adolescence.


-By:
Childmind.org





















https://childmind.org/guide/oppositional-defiant-disorder/









How to Tell If Your Child Has Oppositional Defiant Disorder
By: Jeffrey Bernstein Ph.D.





Talks about:

All kids display defiant behavior from time to time, but it’s possible that your child has a condition called oppositional defiant disorder (ODD). Don’t be intimidated by the term ODD, which may sound ominous and clinical to parents. ODD symptoms include chronic anger, blaming others for mistakes, being touchy, or easily annoyed and vindictive.
To qualify for an ODD diagnosis, your child must do things like talk back, refuse to do chores, use bad language, and say things like “You can’t make me” or “You’re never fair” nearly every day for at least six months. In other words, kids with ODD have oppositional attitudes and behaviors that are more of a pattern than an exception to the rule.

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE

Symptom Checker Childs Mind

Symptom Checker

Are you worried about your child?



https://childmind.org/symptomchecker/

Lawnmower Parents Helicopter Parents.

Lawnmower Parents Helicopter Parents.  By: WeAreTeachers Staff



Click HERE to read what they say about:


Lawnmower parents go to whatever lengths necessary to prevent their child from having to face adversity, struggle, or failure.

Instead of preparing children for challenges, they mow obstacles down so kids won’t experience them in the first place. But in raising children who have experienced minimal struggle, we are not creating a happier generation of kids. We are creating a generation that has no what idea what to do when they actually encounter struggle. A generation who panics or shuts down at the mere idea of failure. A generation for whom failure is far too painful, leaving them with coping mechanisms like addiction, blame, and internalization. The list goes on.

If we eliminate all struggle in children’s younger years, they will not arrive at adulthood magically equipped to deal with failure.

Indeed, childhood is when they learn these skills.
A child who has never had to deal with conflict on their own will not approach the first test they bomb in college and say, “Yikes. I really need to study harder. I’ll reach out to the graduate assistant and see if they know of study groups I can join or other materials I can read to do better on the next one.” Instead, they will very likely respond in one or more of the following ways:
  • Blame the professor
  • Call home and beg their parents to intervene 
  • Have a mental breakdown or make themselves miserable
  • Write nasty reviews online about the professor and their class
  • Begin planning for the inevitable destruction of their college career/future
  • Assume they failed because they’re stupid
  • Collapse in on themselves and give up completely and stop trying




    --WeAreTeachers Staff

Saturday, January 26, 2019

Relationship misunderstandings if you have an ADD/ADHD spouse



Click here to read more.
BY:

talks about Many things, including but not limited to, How life is chaotic for everyone living with ADD/ADHD person.

And,  Hyperfocus people with ADHD are often easily distractible, they may also have something called hyperfocus. A person with ADHD can get so engrossed in something that they can become unaware of anything else around them. This kind of focus makes it easier to lose track of time and ignore those around you. This can lead to relationship misunderstandings.

Friday, October 5, 2018

What kind of parent are you



For each item, indicate how much you agree or disagree with the statement. This takes most people about 4 minutes to complete. Take your time and answer truthfully for the most accurate results. (If both parents are available, they should both take the quiz and then compare their parenting styles.)
A helicopter parent, is a parent who pays not close attention, but EXTREMELY close attention, to a child's or children's experiences and problems, particularly at educational institutions. Helicopter parents are so named because, like helicopters, they "hover overhead", overseeing every aspect of their child's life constantly.
Lawnmower parent

These parents are called lawnmower parents because they "mow down" a path for their children removing all obstacles that may cause discomfort, challenges or struggles. This parent not only thinks they help their child but probably does a lot of the work for the child or at least checks to make sure that everything is correct. The child will never learn mistakes or responsibility.

Tiger parent

The tiger parent is known for putting excellence in academics and carefully chosen extracurriculars above leisure time. Parents are authoritarian and have high expectations in school. This is tough-love parenting where children are expected to respond to challenges.   

Elephant parent

As close to opposite of tiger parenting as possible. These parents value emotional security and connection. Independent sleeping may not occur during the 0-5 years. These parents seek not to raise their voices and value encouragement over academic or athletic success. 

Dolphin parent

Shimi Kang writes in "The Dolphin Way: A Parent’s Guide to Raising Happy, Healthy,and Motivated Kids Without Turning Into A Tiger" that these parents seek collaboration, flexibility and balance. This parenting is further defined by the acronym POD. P for play and exploration, O for others and D for downtime, which includes rest, exercise and sleep.

Attachment parent

Attachment parents desire close contact between baby and caregiver through baby wearing, breastfeeding and co-sleeping. These parents use natural closeness rather than the clock to determine their babies' needs. Parents also emphasize role modeling and positive discipline by using praise and rewards for good behavior and loss of privileges for poor behavior.

Free-range parent

These parents allow their kids to walk to school or a nearby playground alone. Young children may be allowed to ride public transportation or shop alone. Free-range parents believe this freedom promotes independence and self-reliance.



-Parenting Class Teacher