Behavioral Therapy
Learn how behavioral therapy helps children with ADHD overcome oppositional symptoms. Get thoughtful discipline strategies for parents including rewards and consequences, positive reinforcement and more.
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Behavioral Therapy
How Behavioral Therapy Targets Executive Dysfunction — with Positivity and Praise
ADHD is not an excuse. But it is the neurological basis for so many of your child’s greatest...
Stop Procrastinating
The Success Mindset for ADHD Procrastinators, Dreamers & Survivors
Just because you've never done it before doesn't mean it's not within your power. This is the basic...
Can We Treat ADHD Naturally?
ADHD Therapy Overview: The 9 Best Treatments for Children and Adults
Studies confirm that children with ADHD achieve the greatest symptom control with a combination of...
Meltdowns & Anger
Take a Deep Breath: Teaching Kids to Control Emotions
Meltdowns happen. But when your child has ADHD, it can be more difficult for him to learn how to...
Free Webinar Replay: How Behavior Parent Training Can Transform Your Home Life
Access the video replay, listen to the podcast episode (#259), and download the slide presentation...
Behavioral Therapy
When Behavioral Parent Training is Working — But Tough to Maintain
Behavioral parent training can change bad behavior in a child with ADHD over time — but sometimes,...
Screen Time
Is Your Child Hooked On Video Games?
Playing a great video game is like living inside of a movie and being showered with gold coins. Is it...
Rewards & Consequences
10 Behavior Chart Rewards to Motivate Your Child
There is no magic in parenting. No one gleaming reward or perfect behavior chart will convince your...
Behavioral Therapy
Train the Parent, Help the Child
Sometimes, medication alone does not turn around a child's negative behaviors. If you're a parent at...
ADHD Therapies
How Art Therapy Tames Impulsivity, Distractibility, and Anxiety
Art therapy uses the processes of drawing, painting, and sculpting to help children address emotional...
Meltdowns & Anger
When His Anger Overpowers Logic — and Love
Your child needs to express his anger. It is healthy and cathartic. "But the emotion should be like a...
ADHD Therapies
How to Practice ADHD Play Therapy at Home
Many child psychiatrists and psychologists believe that play therapy is an integral way to teach...
Oppositional Defiant Disorder
ODD vs. ADHD: The Facts About Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Attention Deficit
Roughly 40 percent of children with attention deficit disorder (ADHD or ADD) also have oppositional...
For Teachers
Easily Distracted? How to Tune Out Distractions & Focus on School
Children with ADHD experience a lower level of brain arousal, which means they are easily distracted...
Ask the Experts
How Can We Wean Our Child Off Video Games?
"My 12-year-old son plays video games after school for four hours each day, and up to eight hours on...