Why Parent Education?

(Following evaluation, which is the first step in treatment for ADHD, the second step is) "... education, knowledge about the disorder. And I will tell you this, in all of our treatment studies, the second step is more powerful than anything else you do. Teaching people about their disorder… Our studies show it actually changes more behavior than the active treatment that you're going to take. Because, what you've done is to give people knowledge from which they can reframe their understanding of themselves. That's a very powerful act…We have shown…in our parent training program that one of the most effective steps…is the first one, teaching them about the disorder. So much change takes place just from giving people accurate information…"

Russell A. Barkley, Ph.D., Cape Cod Lecture Series, 2001.

The work of a parent, with a child or adolescent with ADHD, it seems, is never done. Parents need information, support and help in so many areas. 

	Parents need to know exactly what this disorder is, and what it is not. Do you know, for example, that there is a newly emerging, highly researched theory of ADHD that might change much of what we think about this disorder?
	Parents need to know which treatments have the support of careful scientific research and which ones do not. Do you know there is a recently published article in a leading scientific ADHD journal that compares the value of over 20 different treatments?
	Parents need to be creative in disciplining their ADHD children. There are only a few systems of discipline that are most often recommended by the leading experts in the field.
	Parents need practical parenting advice and practical advice on how to deal with school issues.
	Parents need help finding ways to motivate their children and they need lots and lots of support.
	In the August 2000 issue of The ADHD Report, Arthur D. Anastopoulos, Ph.D. states in his article, "The MTA Study and Parent Training in Managing ADHD" that he believes 'the MTA results support the use of parent training as a treatment for ADHD, not by itself, but in the context of a multimodal intervention that includes a medication component.'

As a part of the teleconference group experience, parents often report that they understand their child better, feel validated as a parent and no longer feel alone. Audio teleconferencing is a solution for parents of ADHD children and teens whose time has come. 

Solutions, practical help, support and innovative ideas are now as close as your telephone.

 

Call us at 1-614-252-4800 or email Bill at Bill@ADDvisor.com  or Alan at Alan@ADDvisor.com  for more information, fees and times for our teleclasses, including the ADDvisor for Parents of Children and Teens with ADHD, an eight session teleconference workshop.

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