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ADHD Kids And Lying
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Do kids with ADHD or ADD use lying as a coping skill more often than their peers without it do? Dr. Bob Myers, creator of The Total Focus Program, tells you why and how ADHD kids use lying—and how to handle it as a parent. (And find out why your tactics might be making the situation worse.)
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Raising Teens with ADHD
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Dr. Bob Myers explains how to use a system of consequences and rewards with ADHD/ADD preteens and teens. For young kids, star charts and reward systems work well, but how do you parent adolescents with ADHD effectively? Dr. Bob tells you how in this month's podcast.
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Activities to Help Your ADD/ADHD Child Focus
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Dr. Bob tells you which extracurricular activities work best to help kids with ADHD or ADD focus and manage their excess energy. (Some of his suggestions might surprise you!)
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Dr. Bob Myers Talks about Parenting His Own Son with ADHD
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Dr. Bob discusses his own experiences as the father of a child with ADHD, and tells you about the techniques that really worked for his family.
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How to Help ADHD kids Focus at School
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Is your child with ADD or ADHD having trouble paying attention in class and complying with the teacher's rules? Dr. Bob Myers discusses ways to help your
child focus, finish assignments, and improve their behavior at school.
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What to Do When Your Child is Bullied
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Is your child being bullied at school? Parental Support Line Advisor Tina Wakefield sits down with EP Editor Elisabeth Wilkins to give parents advice on how to help coach their kids when they are targeted by bullies. (Including when and how to approach the school.)
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Getting ADHD Kids Organized and Ready for School
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Are you dreading the start of the school year and remembering last year’s chaos with your ADHD child at homework time? In this month’s EP Podcast, Dr. Bob gives you lots of tips to make homework (and school life in general) easier for you and your child. Setting your child up for success this year starts right here.
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ADHD Kids and Annoying Behavior
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Is your ADHD child impulsive—and often unaware of his or her annoying behavior? Dr. Bob tells you how to talk to your child about it, and how
to guide them toward more appropriate behavior.
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Alternatives to Medicating Kids with ADHD
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In this podcast, Dr. Bob Myers tells parents about the current research on kids with ADHD and ADD, and how experts are finding that behavioral training can be just as effective in helping improve their symptoms as medication is—and sometimes even more so!
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The Key to Giving Kids Consequences
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Parental Support Line Advisor Megan Devine answers the question, "Is grounding my teen-ager from using the car an appropriate consequence?" Megan also explains the best use of consequences—and why it's important to make them short term, and task-oriented.
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How to Handle Inappropriate Behavior with ADHD Kids: Positive Reinforcement
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Dr. Bob Myers tells EP Editor Elisabeth Wilkins why it's not a good idea to surprise kids with ADHD—and how to work with them to improve their behavior using positive reinforcement.
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Giving Consequences to Young Kids with ADHD
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EP Editor Elisabeth Wilkins sits down with Dr. Bob Myers to talk about how to give the right consequences to young kids with ADHD—including how to administer time-outs effectively, and how to reinforce good behavior.
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Chores: Get Your Child to Start Doing Them Today
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Sometimes getting our children to do their chores can seem like a constant battle. If you want to stop nagging and start seeing better behavior, check out the latest EP podcast with Megan Devine, LCPC and Parental Support Line Advisor and Elisabeth Wilkins, Empowering Parents editor.
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Teen Curfews
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Fighting about curfew times with your teen? If you aren't sure whether or not to give your teen a later curfew, check out the latest EP podcast with Megan Devine, LCPC and Parental Support Line Advisor and Elisabeth Wilkins, Empowering Parents editor.
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Teens and Clothing
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Do your teen's jeans hang down past their boxers? Do they wear suggestive, violent, or offensive clothing? This week, we'll be talking to Megan Devine, LCPC and Parental Support Line Advisor, to give you some good tips on what to say to your teen and help you solve the problem of "Bad Clothing" in your house.
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