Professor Eva Kimonis

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All In The Mind · Oppositional defiant disorder and bad behaviour in schools · 17 Jul 2026 podcast

And we tend to say with teachers, don't ask unnecessary questions.

But with parents, we say don't ask questions during this special time, what we call special time.

And that's because the bottom line is child's in the lead.

And when you've got a parent who's asking a lot of questions, that's taking away from the lead of the child.

And oftentimes questions are hidden commands.

Which is where we introduce strategies to manage the bigger behaviors like chronic noncompliance, aggression, destruction.

And this is where we are teaching parents how to give a command in a way that the child is most likely to listen.

Things like, you know, being very direct with your command.

So telling the child exactly what you want them to do as opposed to what not to do.

So instead of saying don't run, please walk.

So it has to be very clear to these young children exactly what it is that you want them to be doing.

And in a third phase, which we give to some of our kids when they are having difficulty developing empathy or remorse, we're then teaching emotional literacy skills.

So how can they recognize when people are feeling distress, fear, sadness, helping them to understand how to respond appropriately.

And so is this still, are you still running this program in schools or?

So we started the program in 2019, and that's when we first wanted to ask the question of could we implement this program in schools?

And since 2019, we've worked with 20 public primary schools in southwest Sydney and most recently in Albury.

So we're now in a regional area of New South Wales, which is very exciting that we can get this out to a community that don't really have access to this type of treatment.

The project is still going on.

And of the kids that complete the program, we're seeing that over 90 percent, so 91 percent, are no longer showing these ODD conduct disorder symptoms in a clinically significant range.

So their level of behavior is comparable to any other child.

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