Behavioral Therapy Behavioral Therapy for ADHD: A Pragmatic Parent’s Guide ADHD experts agree that the most effective pediatric treatment plan includes medication paired with...
Teens with ADHD Reframe Your Teen’s Bad Behavior With “Unconditional Parenting” "Your insistence on good behavior may be more about your need to feel like a successful parent than...
Dear Teen Parenting Coach Q: How Do I Handle My Teen’s Acts of Daily Defiance and Disrespect? If your teen makes a rude remark, that's fairly typical teenage defiance. If she spits in your face,...
Oppositional Defiant Disorder Could Positive Parenting Decrease the Risk for Oppositional Defiant Disorder? Why do some children with ADHD also show signs of oppositional defiant disorder — disrespecting...
“How Oppositional Defiant Disorder Ruptures Families — and How You Can Learn to Manage It” [Video Replay & Podcast #349] Access the video replay, listen to the podcast episode (#349), download the slide presentation, and...
Oppositional Behavior When “No!” Is Your Child’s First Impulse: ODD Parenting Advice Oppositional defiant disorder causes children to refuse requests, defy parents, and torment siblings....
Oppositional Defiant Disorder ODD in Children: A Parent’s Behavior Management Guide A central but often overlooked feature of ODD in children is the drive to thwart and defeat anyone in...
Caregiver Blogs “From Toddler Leashes to Doctors on Speed Dial” Raising a child with ADHD means having a front row seat to symptoms’ varied presentations. Here, a...
Oppositional Behavior Q: “My Child Defies Me Because She Knows I’ll Give In. How Do I Break the Cycle?” "It will take time to change a dynamic that has been long reinforced. Be prepared to see an uptick in...
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder Top Emotion Regulation Difficulties for Youth with ADHD Emotion regulation difficulties in youth with ADHD range from irritability to DMDD. Here, caregivers...
Positive Parenting Parenting the Defiant Child Changing patterns of negative, hostile, or defiant behavior require patience and practice. Start with...
Oppositional Behavior Q: “My Child Resists Everything! Will He Ever Open Up to New Experiences?” Significant risk aversion is often about lack of confidence. To build up your child’s confidence,...
Behavior & Discipline “It Wasn’t Me!” Why Children with ADHD Lie Why do children lie? Before you blame your child’s moral character, take a closer look behind the...
Behavior & Discipline “All Behavior is Communication:” The Discipline Approaches That Work for Real ADHD Families The best discipline approach for a child with ADHD? It doesn’t exist — at least not in any universal,...
Caregiver Blogs “We’re Raising a Cat in a Dog World” “I’ve used the cat-dog metaphor to describe what it’s like to raise my son, who is gifted, with ADHD...