Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) can be characterized as being uncooperative, resistant, not compliant to the rules. It is typically diagnosed to children in Elementary school and disappears around the adolescent years. One of sixteen percent of school age children have ODD. An ongoing pattern of hostile behavior for a long period of time becoming more frequent and severe. They tend to act out more at home more rather than at school because they know they have more control over their parents than they would have over their teachers (AACAP, 2013). This disorder (ODD) can be caused by negative interactions with their parents when the child was younger. For example, if their parents had to ask them to do something repeatedly and eventually they had to scream at them because they were not obeying, then the parent unconsciously taught them that yelling was an acceptable way to get attention and they begin to mock this (Ehmke, n.d.). 

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Other factors:

• Negative feedback

• Inability to control emotions such as disappointment or frustration

• Life stress and trauma

• 30 to 50 percent of children with ADHD also have ODD

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Symptoms: 

• Easily annoyed or frustrated

• Tantrums

• Blame others for their mistakes

• Mean when upset

• Excessive arguing with adults

• Defy authority

• Refuses to follow rules

• Angry attitude