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[quote=Anonymous]KKI also diagnosed my son with Oppositional Defiant Disorder.  Frankly, I never believed it as an sole diagnosis.  To no surprised, DS was later diagnosed with ADHD (combined type), processing disorder and executive issues.  The combination of ADHD, the poor exclusive social environment that he was in and his high IQ basically created a child who was his own nightmare.  Counter-intuitive to what we were advised by the professionals, we became extremely tough on his behavior and buckle down on a strict routine.  He was rewarded when he behaved well and was punished when he did not.  It was hard being consistent all the time for years.  His self-confidence took a huge hit, but it was plunging anyway with his social environment at school.

We realize that he has ADHD but frankly the world does not care what diagnose a child has; they only care what the result is, and when you have a naturally curious and capable child, his "gift" gets ignored and forgotten due to his poor behavior.

Fast forward 3 years and I think we are finally making some headway.  We spend a lot of time talking to him about his emotions.  We are also stern with him.  He has matured and become more responsible.  He is now in the gifted center in 4th grade and am told by his teacher that he is incredibly kind, helpful and grounded.  Nothing is perfect and he has mostly good and a few bad days, but the routines we have drilled into him has incredibly helped.  Oppositional Defiant Disorder was handled with military-like consequences and regiments in our house, and that has worked for our son.

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