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Defiance management OSCE — parent counselling and behaviour plan
OSCE on multi-informant formulation, parent training counselling, school plan and medication boundaries for oppositional behaviour.
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Prompt
Station A is history and formulation with a parent of a 7-year-old with multi-setting defiance. Station B is shared planning: parent training, school liaison, ADHD screen and safety-netting without inappropriate medication.
Station objectives
- Take a multi-informant-ready history of defiance with settings, duration and impairment. [4]
- Explain the coercive cycle without blaming the parent as “the problem.” [9]
- Counsel parent training as first-line with concrete next steps. [5] [11]
- Plan school consistency and ADHD screening. [18]
- Refuse inappropriate first-line antipsychotic for mild defiance and safety-net. [6]
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- [4]Steiner H Practice parameter for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with oppositional defiant disorder. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 2007.PMID 17195736
- [5]Scott S Multicentre controlled trial of parenting groups for childhood antisocial behaviour in clinical practice. BMJ, 2001.PMID 11473908
- [6]Gorman DA Canadian guidelines on pharmacotherapy for disruptive and aggressive behaviour in children and adolescents with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, or conduct disorder. Can J Psychiatry, 2015.PMID 25886657
- [9]Dishion T The Oregon Model of Behavior Family Therapy: From Intervention Design to Promoting Large-Scale System Change. Behav Ther, 2016.PMID 27993335
- [11]Kaminski JW A meta-analytic review of components associated with parent training program effectiveness. J Abnorm Child Psychol, 2008.PMID 18205039
- [18]Wolraich ML Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adolescents. Pediatrics, 2019.PMID 31570648