{"id":124,"date":"2011-11-09T08:50:34","date_gmt":"2011-11-09T13:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.centerforneurofitness.info\/?p=124"},"modified":"2011-11-09T08:50:34","modified_gmt":"2011-11-09T13:50:34","slug":"disciplining-adhd-children-can-be-done-effectively","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.centerforneurofitness.info\/?p=124","title":{"rendered":"Disciplining ADHD Children can be Done Effectively"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Disciplining children who are challenged with ADHD can be done effectively &#8211;\u00a0 with some good, consistent techniques.\u00a0 Here are some helpful proven techniques:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Establish a daily schedule.\u00a0 Children (and adults) with ADHD are routine-oriented.\u00a0 Establish times for homework, meals, activities, TV watching, etc.\u00a0 Write the schedule down.\u00a0 Children will then understand better why they are being reprimanded when they go outside the schedule.<\/li>\n<li>When disciplining, get your child&#8217;s attention.\u00a0 Turn off the TV, stop the video games, send other children out of the room.<\/li>\n<li>Treat discipline as a teaching tool.\u00a0 Be sure to teach them what proper behaviors you want them to do in certain situations.\u00a0 And the next time the child exhibits those proper behaviors, be sure to reward them.<\/li>\n<li>Pick your battles.\u00a0 ADHD children are notorious for getting into lots of trouble.\u00a0 You don&#8217;t want to be the police full time.<\/li>\n<li>Be calm when disciplining.\u00a0 If your child only responds to you when you&#8217;re yelling and screaming, its because you&#8217;ve taught them that that&#8217;s the only time they need to listen.<\/li>\n<li>Follow through.\u00a0 If your ADHD child doesn&#8217;t &#8216;listen&#8217; to you, it may well be because you don&#8217;t follow through with the punishment.\u00a0 And be sure the punishment fits the crime, and is enforceable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Here's an insightful article and video\" href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/7ddqdae\" target=\"_blank\">Here&#8217;s an insightful article and video on discipline from Everyday Health.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Good Luck and hang in there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disciplining children who are challenged with ADHD can be done effectively &#8211;\u00a0 with some good, consistent techniques.\u00a0 Here are some helpful proven techniques: Establish a daily schedule.\u00a0 Children (and adults) with ADHD are routine-oriented.\u00a0 Establish times for homework, meals, activities, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centerforneurofitness.info\/?p=124\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[58,9],"class_list":["post-124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adhd","category-children","tag-adhd","tag-discipline-techniques"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.centerforneurofitness.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.centerforneurofitness.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.centerforneurofitness.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.centerforneurofitness.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.centerforneurofitness.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=124"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.centerforneurofitness.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129,"href":"http:\/\/www.centerforneurofitness.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124\/revisions\/129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.centerforneurofitness.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.centerforneurofitness.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.centerforneurofitness.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}