ABSTRACT

Disruptive behaviour disorders are among the most challenging disorders in special education. I begin with a note about the importance of support for teachers and others involved in educating pupils with these disorders. Drawing on the classifications in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (fourth edition text revision) (DSM-IV-TR) (American Psychiatric Association, 2000), this chapter considers oppositional defiant disorder briefly and then conduct disorder more fully. I comment on the criteria for conduct disorder and related issues.