Andrew J. Rózsa, PhD, PsyD
Theories
Developmental theory.
This theory suggests that the problems start when children are
toddlers. Children and teens with ODD may have had trouble
learning to become independent from a parent or other main
person to whom they were emotionally attached. Their behavior
may be normal developmental issues that are lasting beyond
the toddler years.
THEORIES 2
Learning theory.
This theory suggests that the negative symptoms of ODD are learned
attitudes. They mirror the effects of negative reinforcement methods
used by parents and others in power. The use of negative
reinforcement increases the child’s ODD behaviors. That’s because
these behaviors allow the child to get what he or she wants:
attention and reaction from parents or others.
1. Effective parenting for the hard-to-manage child : a skills-based book /
Georgia A. DeGangi and Anne Kendall
2. Helping parents with challenging children: positive family intervention:
facilitator guide /V. Mark Durand, Meme Hieneman (Programs That Work)
3. Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder in childhood / Walter
Matthys and John E. Lochman.
5. Raising a defiant child : a sanity-saving guide to finally stopping the bad
behavior / Philip S. Hall and Nancy D. Hall.
6. Treating the unmanageable adolescent : a guide to oppositional defiant and
conduct disorders I Neil I. Bernstein.
8.
The Kazdin Method for Parenting the Defiant Child / Alan Kazdin