Power Parenting for Children With ADD/ADHD: A Practical Guide for Managing Difficult Behaviors [Hardcover]

Grad L. Flick Ph.D. (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 2, 1996

As a professional working with all types of children on a daily basis, you know what a positive influence parents can have on a child's success in school and beyond. You also know how essential parental involvement is for children with attention deficit disorders, especially when the child's difficult behaviors controlsituations with his or her peers, siblings, and adults. Now you can give parents guidance and hope in dealing with their children through Power Parenting for Children with ADD/ADHD: A Practical Parent's Guide for Managing Difficult Behaviors. Written in clear, nontechnical language, this much-needed guide provides practical, real-life techniques and activities to help parents.

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As a professional working with all types of children on a daily basis, you know what a positive influence parents can have on a child's success in school and beyond. You also know how essential parental involvement is for children with attention deficit disorders, especially when the child's difficult behaviors control situations with his or her peers, sibling, and adults.

Now you can give parents guidance and hope in dealing with their children through POWER PARENTING FOR CHILDREN WITH ADD/ADHD: A Practical Parent's Guide for Managing Difficult Behaviors. Written in clear, nontechnical language, this much-needed guide provides practical, real-life techniques and activities to help parents:

• Ensure an accurate diagnosis based on history, observations, and testing.
Overcome feelings of anger, denial, and hopelessness to understand and accept the reality of ADD.
• Set appropriate rules and communicate them effectively.
• Choose the correct consequences to reinforce desired behaviors.
• Create a Model positive behaviors to replace problem behaviors.
• Remove or decrease problem behaviors — with easy-to-follow guidelines for effectively using time-outs and setting up token or point systems.
• Implement effective home/school programs and work with the child's teachers.
• Address homework problems such as not bringing home needed materials, taking hours to do minute of work, lying about homework, or requiring constant supervision.
• Help children overcome social problems by working on their ability to listen, follow directions, share, cooperate with others, and use appropriate manners.
• Build the often poor self-concept and self-esteem of the child.

Also included are up-to-date information on medications, educational interventions, counseling, stress management, innovative new therapies, speech and language therapy, and special support for parents...PLUS 5 simple games parents can play with their children to build visual and auditory attention skills!

About the Author

Grad L. Flick, Ph.D., has extensive experience in both research and clinical practice with children who have attention deficit disorder, learning disabilities, and emotional problems. He has also lectured and published extensively on ADD and child behavior management. Dr. Flick and his wife are the parents of a child with learning disability and attention deficit disorder.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 242 pages
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass; 1 edition (May 2, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0876288859
• ISBN-13: 978-0876288856
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,682,162 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #76 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Personal Health > Children's Health > Learning Disorders

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68 of 72 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Easy to read & just as easy to implement, May 4, 1998

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This review is from: Power Parenting for Children with ADD/ADHD: A Practical Parent's Guide for Managing Difficult Behaviors (Paperback)

This is the easy how to/step-by-step book that I have seen. We all love are children but dread making waves in already rough seas. Within days my house was a nicer place to be. I took notes as I read the book and used the notes as guidelines when I implemented a technique. I am purchasing this book for my cousin's son. I would recommend it to anyone working with ADD/ADHD children.

71 of 77 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is a life saver, August 13, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Power Parenting for Children with ADD/ADHD: A Practical Parent's Guide for Managing Difficult Behaviors (Paperback)

This book has a lot of practical tips and ideas for working with the challenge of ADD/ADHD children of which I have two. There is a section that helps you work with teachers and other people in your childs life. I shared a lot of the information in this book with my children's teachers and even suggested to their principal that he have the teachers read the book as I thought it would give them more insight into how to reach these children. I recommend this book to anyone who has or deals with ADD/ADHD children.

8 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars helpful book!, November 2, 2003

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B. Ordway "simplybridget" (MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Power Parenting for Children with ADD/ADHD: A Practical Parent's Guide for Managing Difficult Behaviors (Paperback)

i found this book to be so helpful in dealing with my 8 year old daughter who has been loosely diagnosed with ADD.