apacity to learn. Because it is considered a behavioral disorder, treatment often involves psychotherapy where the focus of therapy is behavioral and supported through parent/teacher training. Behavior modification is the “systematic application of rewards and consequences to behavior as a way of improving it” (Sutton, 1999, 1). While behavior modification is not always the treatment of choice it can be effective in redirecting the behavior of the individual with ODD. However, there are no medications at the present time specifically for the treatment of ODD and many therapists prefer a cognitive approach to treatment because they view ODD as a psychological and/or emotional affliction, “ODD rarely exists in isolation. This disorder is more like a fever than a disease, usually symptomatic
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