Has anyone treated ADHD in a child (preferably a boy) with behavioral therapy?
What is involved in it?
Is there anything we can try to implement at home to get a head start before I can get him an appointment with a therapist?
Are there any resources you can recommend such as books, websites, etc?
I have ADHD myself, but have no idea how to help my son. I would really like to avoid stimulant medications. I take Adderall but I just feel that the side effects are too harsh for a 7 year old. He’s already small for his age, both in height and weight and I’d hate to give him anything that will have an anorexant effect.
Can your son play the same video game for an hour? He hyperfocuses when he plays video games. I literally have to shut the game off to get his attention.
Can he behave in your car while you are taking him to some place pleasurable? I have to tell him multiple times to turn around, put his seat belt back on, quit fighting with his siblings, etc. So, no. He can’t.
Can he play a game with you and stay on it to completion? He does pretty well at first but then will start playing with game pieces, or just decide in the middle of the game that he no longer wants to play and just walk away.
Does he have a hobby, best friend, or a favorite activity? No, he’s all over the place. He does have good friends but not one in particular that he would call his best friend.
Can he watch TV for any length of time without doing something else? For short periods of time. 15 minutes tops until he’s bored with it.
Can he stop his "ADHD" behavior if the reward is great enough? No, that’s the problem. We’ve tried rewards and nothing works.
Does he sleep through the night? Most nights he does, but he also sleep walks. He doesn’t necessarily wake up though. I have to physically redirect him back to his bed. He might wake up with a bad dream or something about once a month.
Is he difficult to wake in the morning? No. He jumps right out of bed. Getting him to get dressed, brush his teeth, get his shoes on, etc., is another story.
He’s pretty classic ADHD. I completely trust his doctor and the diagnosis.
Oh sure, we had tons of behavioral therapy for our son’s ADHD.
It works better to have therapy with medicine than just the medicine alone.
What you do is look at behaviors that you want to change, and see what function the behavior has, and replace the behavior with another one that is more helpful or less destructive.
Eventually, your child will know how to stop some behaviors himself and cope with his distractions.
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