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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ARGH.  Different environments pose different challenges.  In some situations or environments, the kid's lagging skills (in emotion regulation, in negotiating transitions, in shifting cognitive frameworks, etc.) become more apparent than in others.  That's why "opposition" can present in some situations and not in others.

FWIW, the DSM5 discussion of ODD rates the severity of the disorder in relation to HOW MANY different environments it presents: "mild" ODD is confiened to one setting, while "severe" ODD presents in multiple settings--ie, pervasively. [/quote]

Right, and I think the DSM definition is bogus.  If the issue is that you have lagging skills in emotional regulation and transitions, then sounds more like an expression of ADHD.  ODD is a garbage diagnosis (often).  It's literally the description of a symptom, not a disorder.  It may be more useful for a child who cannot comply in ANY setting and is at risk of jail or expulsion, but even then, I'll bet you $1,000,000 there is underlying trauma, abuse, or neurological issues.  This is very similar to the supposed diagnosis of children as psychopaths.

My child, for example, had horrible behavior problems as a preschooler stemming from anxiety, lagging motor skills, and ADHD inattentive.  Diagnosing him as ODD would have been as stupid as diagnosing someone who faints from heart disease as having Fainting Syndrome.  [/quote]

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