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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone have experience parenting an ODD DS (14)? Newly diagnosed and we are floored in some ways but not surprised in others. Oldest, adopted with three younger sibs (all birth kids who are relatively easier). Minor depression but no other issues diagnosed. Help.[/quote]

Meh, more likely attachment issue than ODD.  - signed, an adoptive mom[/quote]

She has a diagnosis in hand.  Take your arm chair dismissiveness and leave.  Retread her post and then yours.  Unempathetic, unhelpful, and rude...starting at your first word.  You being an adoptive mom of A kid doesn't make you an expert in HER kid.[/quote]

Because no diagnosis has ever been wrong? As an adoptive mom, I have seen plenty of therapist with not enough experience with adoption make an alphabet of diagnosis and be wrong. And yes, attachment issues can be present even when a child is adopted as an infant.[/quote]

You can have attachment issues and also have a diagnosis for ODD. The two aren't mutually exclusive. The labels don't matter nearly as much as the behavior.[/quote]

True. But as a pp pointed out ODD will usually have anxiety as an underlying cause and the anxiety can have attachment as the underlying cause.  In all adopted children, it's best to first look attachment and rule that out as an issue or rule it in and treat it, then move on to treating the other conditions.[/quote]

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