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Special Needs > Attention Deficit Disorders
When ADHD Isn't Alone: Understanding Co-Occurring Anxiety, Dyslexia, and Learning Differences
...common overlaps are anxiety disorders, affecting 30–50% of children...dyscalculia, affecting 30–45%. Oppositional defiant disorder, depression,...affecting 30–45%. Oppositional defiant disorder, depression, sleep...30–45%. Oppositional defiant disorder, depression, sleep disorders,...disorder, depression, sleep disorders, and autism spectrum conditions...
Education > K-12
When a Child with Selective Mutism Goes Back to School
...is a psychiatric disorder that affects 7 out...of social anxiety disorder where a child cannot...anxiety and other mood disorders, most children with...predisposition to anxiety disorders. Fifteen years ago,...nor are they being oppositional. They are so anxious...shy' to autistic to oppositional and defiant to selectively...oppositional and defiant to selectively mute....
Parenting > The Early Years
Taming a Monster Child
...children are oppositional to some...functioning, oppositional defiant...oppositional defiant disorder...defiant disorder (ODD)...with this disorder tend to...Children with oppositional defiant...oppositional defiant disorder...defiant disorder will go...diagnosis of oppositional defiant...oppositional defiant disorderr...defiant disorderr seems...conduct disorder. Like...conduct disorder, thought...personality disorder, can cause...
Health > Treatment
Behavioral Problems and Medication in Kids
...physician for oppositional defiant disorder...oppositional defiant disorder (ODD)...oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) or conduct...or conduct disorder (CD). These...(CD). These disorders typically...hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), anxiety...(ADHD), anxiety disorders, depression,...and bipolar disorder. One of the...Once these disorders are formally...improve these disorders, but oftentimes...with these disorders, such as...
Health > Mental Health
New Mental Health Manual Could Be “Dangerous”
...including shy or defiant children, may be...Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). Many experts...as having mental disorders. The DSM is published...“apathy syndrome” or “oppositional defiant disorder”...or “oppositional defiant disorder” are raising...“oppositional defiant disorder” are raising widespread..."paraphilic coercive disorder," which is troublesome...
Parenting > Adulthood
Designing a Future for a Child with Special Needs
...alternative to not making the decision to support the child and instead controlling them dis-empowers the child who might then lash out and become more oppositional and self destructive the more a parent insists on them conforming. The emotional weight of making choices for someone else can cause a tremendous...
Special Needs > Attention Deficit Disorders
Diagnosing and Treating ADHD
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is one of the most common neuro-biologic health conditions seen in school-age...distractibility of ADHD. With medication often comes some improvement in "oppositional" behavior, and benefits other relationships. The different medications...
Special Needs > Attention Deficit Disorders
Diagnosing and Treating ADD
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is one of the most common neuro-biologic health conditions seen in school-age...distractibility of ADHD. With medication often comes some improvement in "oppositional" behavior, and benefits other relationships. The different medications...
Education > Accommodations
Tips to Support your Child with Selective Mutism Transition Back to School
Selective Mutism is a psychiatric disorder that affects 7 out of every...extreme form of social anxiety disorder where a child cannot speak...in anxiety and other mood disorders, most children with Selective...predisposition to anxiety disorders. Fifteen years ago, these...speak, nor are they being oppositional. They are literally so anxious...
Lifestyle > Art
Art in Occupational Therapy: How OTs Use Creative Work to Build Motor Skills
...art might start with clay or putty to warm up hand muscles. The child rolls, pinches, and pulls the material while the therapist watches for thumb opposition, finger isolation, and whether the child uses both hands symmetrically. Next comes the main activity: cutting shapes from construction paper, painting...
Education > K-12
Homeschooling and the Autism Spectrum Child
...ability to teach to his strengths and natural learning styles could only benefit my child, I made my decision. This is not to say I did not face opposition and/or skepticism from friends and family. Actually, as skeptics go, mine were reasonably mild, and I brushed aside the hesitance of the doubters,...
News > Sports
Jack Wallace Was Named Best Defender at the 2026 Paralympics. He Scored Three Goals in the Gold-Medal Game.
...rarity matters because it highlights what separates Wallace from every other two-way defenseman in the sport. When the stakes are highest and the opposition is best, he scores. His 14 tournament points at the 2026 Paralympics ranked second overall, trailing only Declan Farmer, who finished the Games as...