What is Oppositional Defiant Disorder? Session 134 with Amelia Bowler

Amelia Bowler, author of The Parent's Guide to Oppositional Defiant Disorder: Your Questions Answered, joins me in Session 134 to talk about her work and personal experiences in supporting individuals with ODD.

In this podcast, Amelia demystifies the term ODD and distinguishes it from other emotional/behavioral disorders. She also discusses the importance of developing relationships with individuals with ODD prior to applying first/then or if/then contingencies.

We finish the show by discussing some strategies that may be more successful for individuals with ODD, as well as provide suggestions for further reading.

Here are the links to the resources that were discussed:

• Amelia's aforementioned book*.
• Amelia's website, AmeliaBehaviour.com.
• ADHD Does Not Exist: The Truth About Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder*, by Richard Saul.
• Patterson (1982). Coercive Family Process*.
• Russell Barkley website (ADHD resource).
• Emotion Coaching (Gottman Institute).
• Optimistic Parenting* by Mark Durand.
• Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity* by Steve Silberman.
• Ross Greene's appearance on The Controversial Exchange.
• Additude.com (ADHD resource site).
• Tiltparenting.com (another parenting website).
• Mona Delahooke (another blog/popular press resource, the book Amelia mentioned here*).
• Rundown of the Stillface Experiment (short video here).

Session 134 is brought to you by the following sponsors:

• Behavior University. Their mission is to provide university quality professional development for the busy Behavior Analyst. Learn about their CEU offerings, including their brand new 8-hour Supervision Course, as well as their RBT offerings over at behavioruniversity.com/observations.
• Gateway Learning Group, and their Autism Leadership Academy. Designed for new Regional Directors, the Autism Leadership Academy develops motivated BCBAs into successful leaders in the autism field. If you’re interested in running your own regional center and want to learn the skills to do so successfully, check out gatewaylg.com/BOP. 
• Market Your ABA Practice Like a Pro: A Digital Marketing Masterclass with Rich Brooks. That's right, our favorite marketing guru, Rich Brooks and I are teaming up for a fantastic learning opportunity. During this event, you'll discover marketing strategies that will allow you to get your ABA practice get in front of ideal stakeholders. Rich and I are still working out the details and I'll have a site to direct you to shortly. What I can tell you is that you're going to want to block off some time on November 9th.

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