“Behavioural disorders such as conduct disorder and
oppositional defiant disorder entail more than a child being
occasionally naughty, difficult, stubborn or aggressive; the
child has to present with a persistent, repetitive pattern of
not sticking to the rules or disobeying socially accepted
norms” (Ryan and Pryjmachuk, 2011). In oppositional
defiant disorder (ODD) the child or young person has
persistently hostile behaviour that is not aggressive or
anti-social. Behaviour problems are common complaints
and they may be difficult to address.