ADHD interventions for parents

Child’s behavior

Parent’s response

Pool of responses:

Cooperate
Adversity
One-to-one attentiveness
Proximity
Mild expression
Normal tone
Less face-to-face
Divided attention
Crumbs
“Good job” or “Thank you” (flat or intense)
Lectures
Reprimands
Attempts to reason

References:

Nuño et al. (2020), The Online Nurtured Heart Approach to Parenting: A Randomized Study to Improve ADHD Behaviors in Children Ages 6-8. Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry, 22 (1).

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/347862866_The_Online_Nurtured_Heart_Approach_to_Parenting_A_Randomized_Study_to_Improve_ADHD_Behaviors_in_Children_Ages_6-8

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