ADHD Behavior Therapy - Guidelines For Parents

If I told you that a researcher on ADHD got the White House's Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the nation's highest honor for professionals, you would want to hear what he has discovered, right?

Gregory Fabiano has won that award. His co-author of the study is William Pelham , a distinguished scholar in child psychology. Their work has been published in the March issue of Clinical Psychiology Review which is an anlaysis of over 170 studies carried out at the University of Buffalo.

Basically his work shows that ADHD Benavior Therapy works as well, if not better , than any drugs for ADHD !

That means that when parents know how to react when kids behave well and also when they don't, this is just as effective and sometimes more effective than any ADHD medication!

Behavior modification will enable children to avoid risky drugs and all the problems they bring. In addition, they will be better equipped for life and they will be able to leave the ADHD tunnel.

Now I wonder how many offers Dr. Fabiano has had from drugs companies ?!
Not many, I bet !

It is now official ! The American Academy of Pediatrics has now come out strongly in favour of ADHD behavioral treatment. What is this behavioral treatment? It is basically a set of techniques that both parents and children learn to manage their behavior and this is so effective (especially in the case of children ADHD and ADHD ODD) that most experts now strongly recommend that ADHD behavioral therapy is used in conjunction with ADHD medicine. It thus forms an essential part of any ADHD treatment.

I know of lots of cases where this has worked so well that the dosage of ADHD medicine can be drastically reduced and this is a boon for many parents who constantly worry about the effects of ADHD drugs on children.

If you get a reward, it helps to motivate and strengthen motivation and drive. It is exactly the same with the ADHD child. The rewards certainly will reinforce the acceptable behavior. Any points system will be worth implementing and these can lead to bigger and better treats as they accumulate, again increasing motivation.
Rewards need not always be material - they can simply be affection or verbal eg. a hug or some nice words of praise.

Everybody talks about consequences rather than punishment for bad behavior. This is important because the child learns about withdrawal of points, privileges and treats when bad behavior occurs. In the same way as the rewards system, this discourages the bad behavior.

In learning about ADHD behavioral therapy, parents are given useful tips on facing all sorts of behavior from being defiant , a common symptom of ODD (Oppositional defiant disorder) to coping with forgetfulness and or dealing with tantrums, rebellion and disobedience.

The environment is really important here so breaks during tasks (such as homework),the location of a quiet working area, schedules and routines, breaking down tasks into smaller chunks are going to help the child enormously.

That sort of structuring for any type of task is important. Distractions, clutter, and reduction of eletronic media in the child's bedroom can be helpful.

Once you start learning, you will learn strategies to deal with all sorts of ADHD, ADD and ODD behaviors and the techniques you will learn will save your sanity and allow you to have family life again !

You can solve typical child behavior problems such as fighting, screaming, annoying behavior and defiance. You will be giving him skills to be autonomous and to move into adulthood with self control and time management skills

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