353- Discipline with a Twist: How to Manage Challenging Behavior Problems in Children & Teens with ADHD
ADHD Experts Podcast
ADDitude
4.4 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 10 May 2021
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Difficult behaviors may be a child's way of telling us something isn't working for them: They are confused, tired, or afraid. Merriam Sarcia Saunders, LMFT, can help you understand your child's behavior and increase their self-esteem & your own joy in parenting.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Attention Deficit Disorder Expert Podcast series by Attitude Magazine. |
| 0:14.7 | This is Annie Rogers, and on behalf of the Attitude Team, I'm so pleased to welcome you |
| 0:19.8 | to today's ADHD Experts Presentation title, Discipline with a Twist, how to manage challenging |
| 0:27.3 | behavior problems in children and teens with ADHD. What do we mean by challenging behaviors? |
| 0:33.8 | Well, today we're going to take a focus on things like defiance, ignoring, tantrumming, |
| 0:40.6 | lying, video gaming, and aggression. And here to introduce her five step approach to parenting |
| 0:48.6 | children who exhibit these behaviors is Mariam Sarsha Saunders. Mariam is a licensed, |
| 0:55.0 | marriage and family therapist and ADHD certified clinical services provider. She's been working |
| 1:02.1 | with ADHD families for the last 15 years, and she's also an adjunct professor of psychology at |
| 1:08.9 | Dominican University. As you will see in her slides, she is notably the author of three wonderful |
| 1:17.3 | children's books centered on ADHD, my whirling twirling motor, and my wandering dreaming mind are |
| 1:25.0 | both books for younger kids, and trouble with a tiny tea is a new middle grade book. She's the |
| 1:32.2 | co-founder of a novel mind.com, which is a database of children's books, reflecting mental health |
| 1:39.4 | and neurodivergent issues. And we are also so fortunate that Mariam is a frequent contributor to |
| 1:46.3 | Attitude Magazine, as well as AttitudeMag.com. And of course, our ADHD Experts webinar series. |
| 1:54.8 | So before I hand over the microphone to Mariam, I have just a few housekeeping items. |
| 2:01.3 | Those of you tuned into the live webinar, you can download the slides now by clicking on the |
| 2:07.9 | event resources section of your webinar screen. And if you are interested in the certificate |
| 2:14.7 | of attendance option, just look for some instructions in an email you will receive about an hour |
| 2:22.0 | after we wrap up the live broadcast. For those of you listening in replay or podcast mode, |
| 2:29.7 | please visit AttitudeMag.com and just search podcast 353 to access the slides webinar, |
| 2:38.8 | replay and certificate of attendance options. And of course, if you support the work we're doing |
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