
Learn positive behavior strategies for oppositional defiant disorder, including the two-plus-two limit setting tool, a visual work system, and the five-point scale, to help teachers achieve classroom success.
Present a concise overview of oppositional defiant disorder, its definition and characteristics, prevalence, and the biological, psychological, and social factors shaping its presentation, including comorbidities and related differences.
Explore the characteristics of oppositional defiant disorder, including deliberate provocation and low frustration tolerance. Discuss co-morbidity with ADHD, mood and anxiety disorders, and notable strengths like creativity and determination.
Establish a trusting relationship with students, using structured classroom management and visual supports, and implement six strategies: clear rules, daily schedule, appropriate work, talk with words, pacing, and social skills.
Explore six behavior insights and 19 strategies to support students with oppositional defiant disorder, including staying calm and using the two times ten technique and the three to one strategy.
Learn to reduce power struggles in the classroom by using calm, simple directives, avoiding threats and bribes, offering choices, listening before responding, and privately planning with colleagues for calm transitions.
Identify four paths for children with oppositional defiant disorder, from outgrowing OCD to persisting OCD symptoms. Implement 19 classroom strategies to reduce power struggles, build rapport, and foster positive outcomes.
The child with ODD can be one of the most challenging students you work with. This course will cover the key aspects and characteristics of ODD, what environmental, genetic and psychological factors affect ODD, how it differs from ADHD and Conduct Disorder, and multiple proven classroom and behavior strategies. You will see several video demonstrations of specific strategies and learn how to prevent power struggles. You will learn about the strengths of students with ODD and possible lifetime outcomes. You will engage in specific exercises to practice some of the strategies and you will receive multiple supplemental materials already made for you.