oppositional defiance disorder, The Occuplaytional Therapist

In Pursuit of Diagnosis

October 7, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

If you are pursuing diagnosis for your neurodivergent child, it’s okay to take your neuro-affirming lens back “off” in order to talk to the doctor about your child. What I mean is that you are […]

Defiance

March 11, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

There are times in my life when I start feeling my own internal “defiance” increase—though I don’t usually call it by that word. I start feeling resistant to having to answer people about the decisions […]

Diagnosing

December 28, 2022 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

If a child called “oppositionally defiant” could label the adults in their life, what kinds of things might they call them? Needlessly antagonistic? Endlessly demanding? Perhaps their adults themselves would receive the diagnosis of ODD […]