How do I discipline a child with ADHD?

Disciplining a child with ADHD can feel like a losing battle sometimes. You may even want to just let them do whatever they want because it seems like the easy way out. There are some good websites out there that offer advice on how to administer discipline that works without wanting to pull your hair out.

On additudemag.com/adhd/article/1879.html, has a great tip of interrupting the behavior in a calm and firm manner by taking away the item or person the child is engaged with. The website, additudemag.com/adhd/article/771.html offers a recommendation of using charts and timers. Charts are useful in keeping track of good and disapproved on behaviors.

These charts can be used to set goals like getting a new toy with a certain number of stars at the end of the week for good behavior; or to remove favorite items for disruptive actions. There are still several other sites that have information on disciplining with ADHD: adhdchildparenting.com/how-to-discipline... borntoexplore.org/discipline.htm add.about.com/od/childrenandteens/f/Pare....

One of my college research papers was on Children having ADHD. Studies have shown that using behavior modification often works well on children with ADHD. So much negativity is placed on discipline in today's society (spanking, yelling, negative speak) that it seems only to cause children to become desensitized and more rebellious.

Below are a couple of websites that discuss behavior modification. webmd.com/add-adhd/guide/adhd-behavioral... adhdnews.com/adhd-behavior-modification.... You may also want to check with your public library for books on the topic. From Chaos to Calm: Effective Parenting for Challenging Children with ADHD and other Behavior Problems Janet E.

Heininger, Sharon K. Weiss (Author) ADD/ADHD Behavior-Change Resource Kit: Ready-to-Use Strategies & Activities for Helping Children with Attention Deficit Disorder Paperback Grad L. Flick Ph.D.

Parenting the Strong-Willed Child: The Clinically Proven Five-Week Program for Parents of Two- to Six-Year-Olds Revised and Updated Edition by Ph.D. ,Rex Forehand and Ph.D. ,Nicholas Long.

Consistently! Studies show that ADHD kids do much better with scheduling and consistency.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.