Cincinnati Children's ADHD Center
Below is an excerpt from their website . . .
Behavior Group Therapy for Parents of Children with ADHD
What Is Behavior Group Therapy?
Parenting a child who has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) presents most parents with many challenges. Research has shown that teaching parents about ADHD and how to appropriately use behavioral management principles can be an effective component in the successful management of their child’s ADHD, either in combination with medication management or alone. Such training can help:
- Improve a parent’s understanding and ability to manage his or her child’s behavior
- Improve a parent’s interactions with his or her child
- Reduce stress for all family members
Our program teaches parents skills targeting specific problems common to most children who have ADHD. Moreover, parents learn how to be advocates for their child. The goal of our program is to empower parents to manage their child’s ADHD more effectively and to help their child succeed.
To increase the availability of this treatment within the Cincinnati area, the Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center offers behaviorally based parenting groups for parents and caregivers of children with ADHD at the Center for ADHD, located at the Cincinnati Children’s Oak Campus, as well as at several of our other neighborhood locationsthroughout the year.
Our parent group program, Understanding and Managing ADHD, consists of eight weekly sessions that focus on teaching parents behavioral management strategies they can use at home and school to improve the functioning of children ages 6 to 12 with ADHD. Children do not attend these parenting groups. Instead, parents work with their child at home to apply the strategies they learn to address their child’s difficulties. In addition, parents learn how to work with their child’s teacher to deal with problems the child may have at school.
Because the skills taught in each week’s session build upon the information presented in previous sessions, it is important that parents understand that they must commit to attending all eight sessions, with no absences, to maximize the benefits they and their children obtain from this group program.
Topics Covered in Understanding and Managing ADHD
- Understanding ADHD
- Principles to guide the effective management of ADHD
- Principles of effective behavior management
- Use of positive attention to promote positive behavior
- Promoting child compliance to instructions and rules
- Prompting and promoting desired behaviors
- Promoting success with homework
- Working with teachers to reduce problems in the classroom
- Reducing undesired behaviors
- Managing child behavior in public places
- Maintaining positive change over time
There are many benefits of attending Understanding and Managing ADHD:
- Increases parent understanding of ADHD and the impact it has on a child’s emotional, behavioral, academic and social functioning
- Decreases the stigma often associated with ADHD
- Facilitates parental support as parents learn more effective ways of managing their child’s behavior
- Empowers parents to be advocates for their child with ADHD
- Encourages parents to be involved in improving their child’s functioning at home, with peers and at school
Parenting the Difficult Preschooler Parent Group Program
We offer a separate program for parents of difficult-to-manage preschool children (ages 3-5 years). It is appropriate for parents of preschoolers who display difficult-to-manage behaviors, whether or not they have been diagnosed with ADHD. The group meets once a week for six weeks and is designed to provide parents with education, support and training in parenting strategies that can improve a child’s behavior.
The “Parenting the Difficult Preschooler” program is typically offered at the Cincinnati Children’s Burnet Campus and Mason Campus several times throughout the year.
The “Parenting the Difficult Preschooler” program is typically offered at the Cincinnati Children’s Burnet Campus and Mason Campus several times throughout the year.
To learn more about the Parenting the Difficult Preschooler parent group and to be put on the waiting list for the next available group, call our office at 513-636-4336, option #.
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