Poverty and ODD

In my last bog I left curious about what parents who cannot afford therapy for their child can do to change a child’s environment without therapist or intervention specialist and reduce the occurrence of ODD.  How would they relieve the stress that escalates the condition?  My research has taken me to this article about how teachers can dodge the power struggle. I don’t see any reason why the same tactics could not be used by parents and caregivers to prevent power struggles and manage the ODD.  As a teacher it is important to work on these tactics and share with the parent tactics that work.  I think the interruptive tactics should be in every teacher’s tool box.

http://www.interventioncentral.org/behavioral-interventions/challenging-students/dodging-power-struggle-trap-ideas-teachers

I find the concept of acknowledging the student is in control interesting.  Things like presenting the negative choice first with its consequence and then the choice you want the child to take last comes from observations that parents would not know if they were not connected to therapy.  I also like the concept of giving the student a face saving option with a question of what can be done to earn their cooperation. This has to make the student think. It also keeps the teacher calm and in control of the situation. These same tools could be used at home to keep families out of power struggles.  Even typical children are involved in power struggles with adults so every parent could benefit from this knowledge.

At his point I would like to explore if there are ideas on how children can be taught to manage their own behavior .