What is the best way to motivate an Autistic ADHD Child? From the owner of the Autism Clinic and Family Counseling Center. Find out how inconsistency is the most powerful motivator in behavior management techniques. Being consistent is boring. People respond the most often and intensely when they never know when they will get rewarded, […]
Archive | Behavioral Strategies for ADHD and ODD
When conventional methods of discipline fail to result in the changes you would like to see, it’s time to turn to new behavioral strategies for ADHD and ODD. It’s really frustrating when a child with attention-deficit disorder and oppositional-defiant disorder continues to make the same mistakes. They may seem to regret their actions, and get upset about the consequences or even fight with you over what they are losing, yet they repeat the same misbehavior. Wash, rinse, and repeat. Time to try something new.
Behavioral Strategies for ADHD and ODD
While they may keep making the same errors, you don’t have to be stuck trying the same corrective measures that are not working. Change is often not easy, but hopefully easier for the adults working with a child who struggles than for the child themselves. Personally I don’t think kids usually make bad choices on purpose. I think they lack the thinking skills they need to successfully adapt to changing demands from the environment. Do you ever worry your kid is “playing with fire” all the time?
Find out how you can break these patterns with the free behavior management tips and tricks course.
How to talk to kids in crisis by age groups to reassure
Discover why typical adult responses to misbehavior may actually increase the likelihood that these behaviors will be repeated.
Menu of offline at-home activities- keep them busy and out of trouble
Utilize methods that build the child’s self-esteem and strengthen your relationship.
Help Kids in Times of Crisis- Coronavirus Kid Care Kit
Teach them responsibility and independence.
Stay calm, yell less, increase compliance.
Student Loss of Joy and Motivation for School in Covid Guide
Give them skills for dealing with bullying and teasing.
Explore the possibility that they have a video game addiction.
Get explanations of why it is never their fault.
Best way to motivate Autistic or ADHD child.
Lifestyle Strategies for ADHD and Mental Health
Help an unmotivated teen develop long-term goals
Help myself and my child build confidence.
Social emotional covid impact on children aged 6-12 with tips and resources to manage
Social emotional covid impact on young children up to age 6
Social emotional impact of covid on teens and young adults and how to support and cope
I sincerely believe you can use these behavioral strategies for ADHD and ODD to get better results. I have used them in my Autism and Family Counseling Center with thousands of families who have gotten relief and seen often dramatic improvements in creating success, building more positive relationships, and keeping good kids from getting in trouble.
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Energizing Success Video- Why use behavioral methods?
Effective discipline for an exceptional child
Pitfalls of conventional guidance and discipline practice with children who struggle: Effective discipline for an exceptional child. The Fall From Eden In the beginning, there was limitless love. Unconditional No performance standards to meet No criticism No judgment No morality or immorality No wrong All right All good A baby brings joy to others just […]
Help Unmotivated Teen Develop Long-term Goals
Your dream book is going to become your journal of goals and inspiration that will take the place of your doubts, fears, and self-imposed limits. Dreams have no limits. Your limits are created by your conscious mind, and, just like your fears, are not really real, only as real as you make them and carelessly […]
Angry Refusal to Accept Responsibility
Is angry refusal to accept responsibility or blame an artifact of ADHD, Autism, or Narcissism? It breaks your heart to see someone who never learns from their mistakes. They simply can’t or won’t see their own role in the trouble they get into. What’s really weird is when you see them do the error or […]
Oppositional-defiant disorder where does it come from?
Do you get faced with Oppositional-defiant disorder behavior, or ODD often? Ever wonder where it comes from? I think we sometimes influence kids to act this way by the way we interact with them. Our conventional wisdom about discipline dictates we pay attention when they misbehave. What does the child who doesn’t sit still and […]
Teach emotional control and the power of thought
How do you teach emotional control and the power of thought? https://vimeo.com/131704250 It can be tricky to teach children emotional control. Trickier still to teach them how their thoughts can create fear, sadness, or anger. How do you help them understand that they don’t have to believe all their thoughts? Our brains are making thoughts […]
ADHD Child’s Self-esteem
ADHD Child’s Self-esteem How we wreck kids from the inside out https://vimeo.com/160608811 ADHD child’s self-esteem, how do we keep it up, and what tears it down? “Worst Grandfather in the World” is what I call the story in the second half of the video above. This is a true story, and I wish it was […]
Have enough strategies for kids who struggle? ADHD, Autism, Anger, Anxiety, Giftedness
Silly question, right? How can you ever have enough to stop the madness when it comes to the ways adults often interact with children who have differences? We can make it better. We can train adults in more loving and effective methods, and we can teach children emotional coping skills, social skills, and better ways […]
Counseling IEP Goals Menu
Related Service Counseling and Counseling IEP Goals Menu (scroll down the page for the related service counseling IEP goals menu) Update: Telemedicine virtual online counseling now available here: https://www.bradmasoncounselor.com/ Coronavirus Kid Care Kit detailing how to reassure kids in crisis by age group, structuring their day, menu of offline at-home activities, and managing technology use. […]
Why are smart, capable kids giving up on schoolwork?
Creating a Sense of Purpose Why are smart, capable kids giving up on school work? While there is no one universally true answer to this question, I have some ideas. One is the digital media and games that are intentionally created to be addictive by stimulating the reward systems in their brains, but that’s not […]