ADHD: Drug-free and Doin' Fine Table of content

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1 Defective logic not defective brains 1
CHAPTER 2 The real, non-defective neurology of ADHD 9
CHAPTER 3 Increased Stimulant use and FDA alarm 17
CHAPTER 4 Teacher Telephone Terror (TTT) 21
CHAPTER 5 Homework Help Hell (HHH) 23
CHAPTER 6 The tyranny of the “He can't…” 53
CHAPTER 7 Why do school and homework anyway? 64
CHAPTER 8 How problems begin 74
CHAPTER 9 Seeds of ADHD: Attentional depletion and attentional avoidance 77
CHAPTER 10 “Helping” from the deficit vs. learning model: Watering the Seeds of destruction 109
CHAPTER 11 Stories are scripts for the future 151
CHAPTER 12 When competency is called disorder: MADD 176
CHAPTER 13 Marital problems and children's functioning 178
CHAPTER 14 Biases and parenting attitudes 184
CHAPTER 15 Parenting from a learning model 190
CHAPTER 16 Why parent training sometimes fails 196
CHAPTER 17 Parenting strategies clarified 205
CHAPTER 18 Natural consequences and the U curve 213
CHAPTER 19 From Provoker to Pleaser 221
CHAPTER 20 Why and how to use rules 233
CHAPTER 21 Reinforcers: clearing the confusion 243
CHAPTER 22 Parent involvement in education 254
CHAPTER 23 Creating self-motivation: delay of reinforcement and industriousness 258
CHAPTER 24 Parents as role models 270
CHAPTER 25 Treatment description 276
CHAPTER 26 Treatment follow-up: Beyond problem remediation 283
CHAPTER 27 A final note 289
REFERENCES 290
INDEX 304
ABOUT THE AUTHORS 305