Continuing from my last post I start by answering the question: If the environment changes does a child still have ODD? When searching I found this website.
http://arivacaboysranch.com/oppositional-defiant-disorder.php
I thought this website was interesting because it says that if the environment changes it can stop triggering the ODD situations or actions of the child even without medication. With being said and being current information from 2012, this would mean that the environment the child is put in greatly effects how often he acts out because of ODD.
After looking through this website and with the knowledge of it I began looking for more websites that I can compare or contrast to it. When searching I found this website.
http://www.personalityresearch.org/papers/jones.html
This website states that when a child with ODD grows older, the characteristics of their behavior change and they often get worse. The child then starts to lie and steal, engage in vandalism, substance abuse, and show aggression towards peers. It then can be led to the diagnosis of CD or Contact Disorder.
I believe that both these websites are interesting as well as the other ones from previous blogs. Up to this point I've seen that environment places a big role in how a child with ODD acts or reacts and if the child has ADHD they are likely to get ODD but if they have ADD they are less likely. My question now is what happens if the family is in poverty and they cant afford therapy or assistance and they can't seem to fix the environment they live in. How would they relieve stress and cope in this situation?
Dana,
ReplyDeleteI think that it is interesting that the environment can change the ODD. I would imagine that a severe home environment could be really detrimental to a child especially if he or she has ODD. I wonder how much the home life has an affect after they already have the condition?