From Chaos to Calm: Effective Parenting for Challenging Children with ADHD and O

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Three points of view--parent's, therapist's, and child's--make this a most practical guide for raising a child with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) or other behavioral issues. Includes advice on how to engage in proactive parenting, dealing with everyday behavioral problems, and more.

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Three points of view-parent's, therapist's, and child's-make this the most practical guide on the market for raising a child with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or other behavioral issues.Traditional parenting and discipline books aren't effective for parents who are dealing with kids with ADHD, OCD, depression or other disorders. They need a guide that will help them with the unique discipline and organization challenges kids with these issues have. When getting up, going to school, completing homework, helping with chores, and getting to bed all become battlegrounds, the step-by-step proven techniques presented here will help parents achieve peace in their households. It will teach parents how to:* Engage in proactive, not reactive, parenting* Discipline consistently and effectively* Deal with stalling, forgetting, overreacting, and other everyday behavior problems* Work with a child's teachers, and more.

Back Cover

Is your household in Chaos? 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. This thoroughly practical book offers three important points of view-the parent's; the therapist's; and the child's-to help you: * Engage in proactive, not reactive, parenting * Set realistic goals * Deal with stalling, forgetting, overreacting, and other everyday behavior problems * Work with your child's teachers, and find professional help when needed * Establish daily routines * Avoid common traps and pitfalls when dealing with a challenging child * Teach important social skills With a handy "solution finder" and dozens of step-by-step techniques, this book can help you slow down, breathe easy, and respond to problems with calm-and end the chaos.

Author Biography

Janet E. Heininger, Ph.D., is a former assistant professor at American University in Washington, D.C. and the mother of two children, including a son with ADHD.Sharon K. Weiss, M.Ed., a behavioral consultant in private practice in northern Virginia, speaks nationally and internationally on parenting and behavior management, among other topics, and has worked as a teacher of special-needs children. A founding member of ADHD Professionals Group, she has also served as a program coordinator and supervisor of an intervention program for behavior-disordered children.

Table of Contents

ForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Chaos Reigns: Theodore, the Less-Easy Child2. "Help!": Getting the Right Help and Knowing When to Use It3. The Power of the Pill: Neither Curse nor Cure4. Getting Up, Going to Bed, and Other Routines: How to Restructure Daily Life So It Isn't Pure Hell5. "That's It! I've Had It!!!": How to Get Your Child to Do What You Want Him to Do6. "Where Did I Go Wrong?": Shedding Bad Habits7. "I Can't Take It Anymore!": Devising Solutions for Specific Problems8. "How Is My Kid (How Am I) Ever Going to Make It Through School?": Parents and Educators Working Together9. "What? I Have to Do It Myself?": Fostering Independence and Responsibility10. Make New Friends But Keep the Old: Learning the Stuff Everyone Else Just Picks Up11. "We're All in This Together": Restructuring Family Dynamics12. Striving to Maintain Calm: Taking It One Day at a TimeSolution FinderReferencesResourcesIndexAbout the Authors

Details ISBN0399526617 Author Sharon K. Weiss Short Title FROM CHAOS TO CALM Language English ISBN-10 0399526617 ISBN-13 9780399526619 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 649.64 Year 2001 Edition 1st Pages 352 Subtitle Effective Parenting for Challenging Children with ADHD and Other Behavioral Problems DOI 10.1604/9780399526619 Place of Publication New York, NY Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2001-05-01 NZ Release Date 2001-05-01 US Release Date 2001-05-01 UK Release Date 2001-05-01 Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc Publication Date 2001-05-01 Imprint Penguin Putnam Inc Audience General We've got this

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