Whether your child struggles with following directions or is a chronic name-caller, learn how to communicate and discipline effectively with these tips. Here, a leading parenting expert shares his secrets for dealing with ADHD behavior problems.
Terry Illes, Ph.D., knows it’s not easy to discipline children with ADHD behavior problems. Growing up in the Chicago suburbs, he was one of those spring-loaded kids himself. Never formally diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder , he had severe emotional and behavioral problems until his late twenties.
When parents come to me for help, one of the first things I do is take a parent history. That means sitting down with them for 45 minutes or so to discuss the specific behavior problems their child is having, theFree Resource: 50 Discipline Tips for Kids with ADHDGiven the fact that ADHD often runs in families, I’ll bet many parents of children with ADHD have behavior issues of their own.
The key is to use the same basic sentence structure for each command. For example, “Justin, you need to turn off the television” or “Justin, you need to put your shoes in your closet.” When parents do this consistently, the child soon realizes that anytime he hears his name followed by “you need to,” he must comply. If he does, he earns one point toward some reward. If the child doesn’t comply, he faces a negative consequence.
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