Dr. Lavigne Study Groups

While I've been thinking about how to deal with a child who has ODD in public when outsiders try to help I have not be able to find any information on this.  It shocks me to find that no one has written about this but my family member was in a situation where the outsider made it difficult for her to manage a situation that happened in public with her son.  I did find, however, an interesting study that Dr. Lavigne completed where they took two groups of preschool aged students and their parents to test therapies for ODD.  This can be found the website http://www.childrensmrc.org/news/odd_studies/.  I thought it was interesting because they said that both groups were successful but one was more successful for boys and the other more successful for girls.  It said that it also depends on how involved the parent was when tending the sessions and it depending on some other factors.  I had never thought about having to choose which treatment you'd like your child to go through and the factors that might play into this.  I'm interested in looking for more studies to compare and contrast with this study.  I will also continue looking for ways to cope with a child who has ODD in public.