From chaos to calm effective parenting for challenging children with ADHD and other behavioral problems
All children are challenging some of the time. But when kids are challenging all of the time -- because they suffer from ADHD, OCD, depression, or other disorders that affect day-to-day behavior -- chaos can rule the roost. With a handy "solution finder" and dozens of step-by-step techniqu...
| Main Author: | Heininger, Janet E. |
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| Other Authors: | Weiss, Sharon K. |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Perigee,
2001.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Chaos reigns: Theodore, the less-easy child
- "Help!": getting the right help and knowing when to use it
- The power of the will: neither curse nor cure
- Getting up, going to bed, and other routines: how to restructure daily life so it isn't pure hell
- "That's it! I've had it!! : how to get your child to do what you want him to do
- "Where did I go wrong?": shedding bad habits
- "I can't take it anymore!": devising solutions for specific problems
- "How is my kid (How am I) ever going to make it through school?": parents and educators working together
- "What? I have to do it myself?": fostering independence and responsibility
- Make new friends but keep the old: learning the stuff everyone else just picks up
- "We're all in this together": restructuring family dynamics
- Striving to maintain calm: taking it one day at a time.