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--- Quote ---Oppositional Defiant Disorder
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Dad, first let me say that I commend you for looking to get some first-hand accounts before you send your kid anywhere. Good start.
Second, I need to inform you that the term "ODD" is a contrived diagnosis brought into the psychiatric lexicon for one and only one purpose: to medically justify charging for behavior modification programs. If you don't believe this, do some research on your own and you will see that this dx is going to be dropped in the next revision of the DSM and is not used by any mainstream practitioners whatsoever. The only persons handing out the dx of "ODD" are shill practitioners working for programs (referrral fees), Ed Cons (referral fees) and the programs themselves (direct profit).
It is worthy to note that "ODD," as it is actually defined in the DSM is overwhelmingly a childhood (NOT adolescent) problem where over 90% of bonafide cases are in patients UNDER TEN YEARS OLD. This is not a catch-all for normal teenage defiance of parental authority.
Let me make a suggestion, if you will. Go back to a psychologist that specializes in adolescents and psychometric testing. Have your son FULLY evaluated. If there is no psychopathology found, there is ABSOLUTELY NO REASON to send him to a behavior modification facility (BTW, over 50 years of research shows BM has no positive effects upon behavior outside of a carefully controlled environment).
Do the legwork. Go to a reputable professional with NO TIES or AFFILIATION with the BM industry and get a full battery work-up.
You can always consider an outpatient program in your community and Functional Family Therapy which are proven recipes for success in treating children with mental hygiene issues. Again, if testing reveals NO PSYCHOPATHOLOGY (over 80% of children in the BM warehouses have NO diagnosable problems) then there can be NO JUSTIFICATION for ANY placement outside your home.
Good luck and let us know what you find.
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"Compassion is the basis of morality."
-Arnold Schopenhauer[ This Message was edited by: Dysfunction Junction on 2006-05-03 14:13 ]
CCM girl 1989:
Dear Worried Dad,
I pretty much can guarantee that I will never let my child down. So, please don't worry about that.
Oppositional Defiant Disorder? Excuse my french......but what the fuck is that?!! It sounds to me like he is a child coming into young adulthood realizing that he doesn't have to do what he is told. So what? Now we are labeling him.....BFD!!!!
So, he got himself into some trouble. Now he has to pay the consequences. It sounds to me to be a little harsh. Is there something you are not telling us?
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Horizon Academy
There's a lot of useful information here. Keep in mind that WWASPS (parent company of Horizon) is widely known and documented (PROVEN) to be extremely abusive and fraudulent.
They have had facilities forcibly closed by the govt's of Mexico, Costa Rica and the Czech Republic (where there aren't even usual basic human rights laws) for using "therapy" like stun guns, cattle prods, pepper spray, confinement in dog cages, starvation and forced labor.
:skull: STAY AWAY FROM WWASPS, PERIOD. :skull:
Worried Dad:
--- Quote ---On 2006-05-03 14:12:00, CCM girl 1989 wrote:
"Dear Worried Dad,
I pretty much can guarantee that I will never let my child down. So, please don't worry about that.
Oppositional Defiant Disorder? Excuse my french......but what the fuck is that?!! It sounds to me like he is a child coming into young adulthood realizing that he doesn't have to do what he is told. So what? Now we are labeling him.....BFD!!!!
So, he got himself into some trouble. Now he has to pay the consequences. It sounds to me to be a little harsh. Is there something you are not telling us?
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Thank you for your kind and informative reply.
No the only other crimes he's been involved with are truancies. Nobody was injured when the tip jar was taken and nothing was broken. The DA wants to make an example out of my son so he's facing one to three years.
I'm not going to be responding to you anymore, thanks.[ This Message was edited by: Worried Dad on 2006-05-03 14:43 ]
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--- Quote ---I'm not going to be responding to you anymore. Go get some therapy you clearly have issues.
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Was this really called for? The same could be said about you, but people are trying to help you and your son.
Good advice sometimes comes from strange places...
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