Have you ever given your child a time-out for talking back, for instance, or a heads-up before taking him some place that is likely to challenge his self-control? Then you already have a sense of how behavior therapy works in parenting children with ADHD.
The fundamentals of behavior therapy for ADHD are easy to understand and implement, even without the help of a psychologist.
The basic idea of behavior therapy is to set specific rules governing your child’s behavior , and to enforce your rules consistently, with positive consequences for following them and negative consequences for infractions. To get started on your own, Dr. Pelham suggests these seven strategies, based on realTelling a child to “do this” or to “avoid doing that” is not enough. To ensure that your child knows the rules cold, create lists and post them around the house.
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