Sunday, April 8, 2012

What is Oppositional Defiant Disorder?

Hi everyone! I have decided to explore Oppositional Defiant Disorder and how it effects families or other caregivers such as teachers. I chose to explore this disorder because there is someone in my family who has Oppositional Defiant Disorder. I just recently found this information out and I wanted to look more into it. When I heard about Oppositional Defiant Disorder I began wondering what this included. In my mind 'Oppositional' meant the opposite. 'Defiant' meant completing inappropriate actions and then 'Disorder' meant that it doesn't just happen once. I also had some questions that popped into my head. These included:
  • What is ODD?
  • What are the symptoms?
  • Does ODD last forever or will it eventually disappear?
I wanted to check to see if my thinking was right and to see if I could answer some of my questions, therefore I used the information my family member had gave me and went to use the resources on the internet. Below is a link that I found about Oppositional Defiant Disorder.


This website was very helpful to me. It gave me more information about Oppositional Defiant Disorder or ODD. It includes frequently asked questions as well that had answered some of my questions that I had asked myself. It also provides information to parents or families by giving them ideas and places to go for help as well as books and other resources that could be used. I did notice that it says this website was last updated in 2009 which makes me wonder if there is new information out since then. I will have to continue my search to find out more information about Oppositional Defiant Disorder and how it effects families.
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2 comments:

  1. GabeTheTAApril 11, 2012 at 10:22 AM

    Dana,

    You're off to a really good start. ODD is something that is misunderstood by many--it's not simply a case of a "bad kid" or isolated incidents of misbehavior. The link you posted is very informative and should serve as a great jumping-off point for further inquiry.

    As you blog more, consider drawing in some of your personal experiences and relating them to what you find in your research. Keep it up!

    Gabe

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  2. April MarieMay 23, 2012 at 12:29 PM

    Dana, I think that creating a blog to find out more information on ODD and how to personally answer your questions that you have is very helpful especially since you have a family member involved. Hopefully your journey will help you understand your family member on a different level. You could also share information on what you found out to see if that family member affected knows any of the information.

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