I tell people I can handle adhd in my sleep. I've got this aspergers thing down pat. But ODD is kicking my butt. In case anyone hasn't come across ODD, it stands for oppositional defiance disorder and it's killing me. My son is so sweet so smart so awesome and so so difficult.
As we go into 1st grade, the behavior issues are coming to a head. He can be cruel, disruptive and destructive. It's like the impulsively of the adhd gone mad. He always feels bad after an episode but it doesn't make things easier.
After he was suspended for fighting on the third day of school, the district psychologist suggested a "no fail behavior chart". I was skeptical and really didn't feel like doing the work to make one, but I couldn't find one on the Internet. I threw one together in excel and it was actually quite easy.
I attached a picture of my first try. The printing cut off the bottom of the reward cells, but the basic concepts is that we start off with something that he will do every day. It can be as simple as a hug. I used getting dressed because he's not leaving the house naked. I put in other items that we are working on and I made sure the rewards were things that worked for me as well as him. He loves his PBS kids shows and my parents let him watch when his homework is done. We also put the electronics on lock down so getting to use them is now a big deal.
I'm not sure how long it will last but he's very excited about his behavior chart. He was so excited he used his electronics time to play leap pad and he put his pet pals on a behavior chart. I'm willing to try anything right now...
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