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Podcast: Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry
Episode: Why the ODD Diagnosis Doesn't Help Parents Help Children
Description: A listener has a question about the diagnosis of ODD, oppositional defiant disorder. What does this diagnosis mean, what does this label offer families, and why (in Lynn’s and others' opinion) is it inadequate and even harmful in understanding children who are struggling? The bigger question to ask: how do we help kids and parents when behavior is unmanageable?
Here are the past Flusterclux episodes discussed by Lynn & Robin:
Real Talk with ADHD Expert Ryan Wexelblatt: Anxiety, ADHD and the Mess We're In
Helping Your ADHD Kid with Social Struggles: A New Co...