Treating Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Without Drugs An
important approach used in treating children with ADHD [attention deficit
hyperactivity disorder] is known as behavior therapy or behavior management.
Behavior therapy is based on simple and sensible notions . The relationship between parent and child if it is positive, then this is a very important source of motivation. Children try to behave appropriately only to obtain positive consequences i.e. privileges or rewards. Some children will behave appropriately to avoid the negative consequences.The main aim of behavior therapy is to increase the frequency of desirable behavior. This can be achieved by increasing the child's interest in pleasing parents and by providing positive consequences when the child behaves properly. Inappropriate behavior can be reduced by consistently providing negative consequences. This is a simplified and reasonable view about behavior therapy. many parents feel that his child and himself seem to be in conflict almost all the time. They also feel that the child doesn’t care about pleasing them at all. How to change the child's behavior? We can begin by focusing on children's desire to please their parents. At times the relationships between parents and children become bad. They may have with conflict. There can be angry feelings in response to the frustration. The child's desire to please his or her parent can evaporate. This is quite possible as most of us are not interested in pleasing somebody with whom we argue most of the time. When this important positive source of motivation for good behavior is not possible, parents have no other alternative but to rely more on the threat of punishment or punishment to make the child to obey or behave properly. This will generally complicate the issue. Hence the first and foremost step in behavioral treatment is to enhance the positive feelings between parent and child. How to do this?. We need to set aside some time each day. 30 minutes per day is more than sufficient. During this time, the child can be made to choose the activity and the parent should spend his time only on his or her child. The parent should avoid asking too many questions or giving commands. Instead the
parent should supervise what the child is doing.If the child is building
a tower with blocks, the parent must pass encouraging comments like "Boy,
the tower your building is really looking nice". This will build
good feeling between the parent and child. When this happens discipline
and limit setting generally go much smoother.
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