Part 1 Has your child got ADHD? why write this book? why not just take pills? what does ADDapt do? don't beat yourself up; be prepared to change; stick with it, be patient; be consistent; the ADDapt programme - step 1 keeping on task - powerful motivators; step 2 who's the boss? special time - a new approach; step 3 the home points system; step 4 tackling attention seeking ; step 5 getting your act together; step 6 task wars; step 7 the secret of commands; step 8 mastering ''things to do''; step 9 home points system. Part 2: step 10 time out for difficult behaviours; step 11 bringing it all together. Appendices: working together in partnership; special time and older children. Further reading.
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In this book there are good strategies for any parent in the way we speak to our children, and he emphasises how seldom we are crystal-clear about what we really want from them. He also urges every parent to spell out that there will be a comeback for bad behaviour, which you must follow through. Pentecost points out that when it is matter of bad behaviour in ADD children, there is a great deal that boils down to bad habits. And that they find it harder to learn the rules for getting along with people. So help your child to pick up new ways of doing things, which will mean you have to learn new ways too.
If you are a parent of an ADD or ADHD child and you are flagging, read this book. You will get a lot of additional help from the list of resources.