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Ritalin Is Not the Answer Action Guide: An Interactive Companion to the Bestselling Drug-Free ADD/ADHD Parenting Program
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!
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208 pages, Paperback
First published January 29, 1999
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December 16, 2011
This book would be really good to read if you're ready to believe that ADD/ADHD is a behavioral problem that can be cured by really strict parenting and proper time out use.
I resented the fact that he called ADD a "not thinking" problem. And if it is a problem of "not thinking" he doesn't do well at describing how to teach the child (or myself) to "think".
I believe he is correct that a good, very consistent discipline program with lots of positive reinforcement would be helpful to someone with ADD, but I think that the stories of children magically overcoming their ADD when properly motivated are unrealistic.
I did like some parts. He reminded me of some of the good parenting techniques I learned from The Power of Positive Parenting: A Wonderful Way to Raise Children They both used words like “target behavior” and “positive reinforcement” and “extinction.”
But whether it’s a “disease” or not, ADD is a real condition. And if it is possible to cure without stimulant medications, I would expect that cure to be more than a really “good” discipline program. Actually, I found his discipline system to be too rigid. Yes, consistent, immediate consequences are very important, but timeouts don’t work for every child. And I thought his removal of privileges too severe, and the consequences sometimes too distant from the immediate situation.
I resented the fact that he called ADD a "not thinking" problem. And if it is a problem of "not thinking" he doesn't do well at describing how to teach the child (or myself) to "think".
I believe he is correct that a good, very consistent discipline program with lots of positive reinforcement would be helpful to someone with ADD, but I think that the stories of children magically overcoming their ADD when properly motivated are unrealistic.
I did like some parts. He reminded me of some of the good parenting techniques I learned from The Power of Positive Parenting: A Wonderful Way to Raise Children They both used words like “target behavior” and “positive reinforcement” and “extinction.”
But whether it’s a “disease” or not, ADD is a real condition. And if it is possible to cure without stimulant medications, I would expect that cure to be more than a really “good” discipline program. Actually, I found his discipline system to be too rigid. Yes, consistent, immediate consequences are very important, but timeouts don’t work for every child. And I thought his removal of privileges too severe, and the consequences sometimes too distant from the immediate situation.
August 23, 2017
Excellent ways on getting your distracted your child one on one with you and the rest of the family along with the schools!!!
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