Oppositional Defiant Disorder Case Study

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The individual is a nine-year-old African American female who presents with Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Moderate. The individual displays symptoms of oppositional defiant behaviors in the home, school, and community (daily) as evidence by her engaging in verbal and physical altercations with her peers and siblings (daily), and does not want to be bothered by anybody (2-3x weekly); displaying defiant, disruptive and aggressive behavior (3-5x weekly) weekly as evidence by her not complying with the rules in the home and school setting (daily), negative attitude towards authority figures (daily); often loses her temper (2-3x weekly); argues with her teachers (2-3x); and will refuse to comply with simple rules and request (daily). In the home

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