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Authors: David B. Stein Ph.D.
ISBN-13: 9780787960445, ISBN-10: 0787960446
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Date Published: March 2002
Edition: 1ST
David B. Stein, Ph.D., the author of the bestselling Ritalin Is Not the Answer, is a practicing clinical psychologist and professor of psychology at Longwood College and the father of two sons. His research and writings center on the diagnosis and treatment of attentional, behavioral, and motivational problems in children. For over twenty-five years he has conducted workshops, providing realistic, practical, and effective alternatives to Ritalin.
Since 1999, parents and teachers have relied on Dr. David Stein's groundbreaking book Ritalin Is Not the Answer as a resource to help them work with hyperactive children who have been diagnosed with attention deficit disorder (ADD) or attention deficit with hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Now the same principles and tools of the acclaimed Caregivers' Skill Program that Dr. Stein outlined in Ritalin Is Not the Answer are present in this easy-to-use companion workbook. Filled with self-tests, specific step-by-step guidelines, checklists, and exercises, Ritalin Is Not the Answer Action Guide offers a healthy, comprehensive behavioral program that has been proven to work!
Foreword | ix | |
Acknowledgments | xvii | |
Introduction: Is This Book for You? | xxi | |
Part 1 | Preparation for the Caregivers' Skills Program | |
1. | Questions to Ask the Docto | 3 |
2. | The True Facts Parents Are Not Being Told | 19 |
3. | The Real Causes of IA-HM (ADD-ADHD) | 35 |
4. | Why the CSP Works | 49 |
Part 2 | The Caregivers' Skills Program | |
5. | CSP Step One: Targeting Behaviors | 59 |
6. | CSP Step Two: Improving Desired Behaviors by Reinforcement | 75 |
7. | CSP Step Three: Understanding the Difference Between Punishment and Discipline | 83 |
8. | CSP Step Four: Using a New Time Out | 97 |
9. | CSP Step Five: Eliminating Lying and Aggression by Removing Reinforcement | 111 |
10. | CSP Step Six: Using the Daily Report Card Program | 115 |
Part 3 | Beyond the Caregivers' Skills Program | |
11. | Teaching Important Values | 133 |
12. | Preventing the Creation of an IA-HM (ADD-ADHD) Child | 153 |
Resources for Parents | 163 | |
References | 167 | |
The Author | 171 | |
Index | 173 |