Showing posts with label cognitive-behavioral therapy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cognitive-behavioral therapy. Show all posts

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Behavioral Therapy For ADHD Children

Children with Attention Deficit Disorder- ADHD tend to have behavioral issues, especially those who are hyperactive and/or impulsive. It can be so frustrating because parenting a child with behavioral problems is by far different and more difficult than typical parenting. There are many parents who don't have an ADHD child that will judge and tell you that you just need to discipline him/her, but you do these things, they just don't understand what it is like. By this I mean that you will often feel hopeless, you have been trying everything you can possibly think of and it seems like nothing works, or it won't stick. It is for this and many other reasons that behavioral therapy can be extremely helpful to the ADHD child, the parents and siblings as well.