Best Discipline: How Behavioral Parent Training Helps ADHD Families (with Carla Counts Allan, Ph.D.)

Tried-and-true parenting advice doesn’t work, and neither do strangers’ disapproving looks. What actually works for families living with ADHD-related challenges? Behavioral parent training (BPT), a well-studied and well-established first-line treatment plan for children with ADHD with results to match its expert pedigree.

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that doctors prescribe behavior therapy before medicine for preschoolers with ADHD. For older children, the AAP recommends using BPT alongside stimulant medication for the best results. Here, Carla Counts Allan, Ph.D., explains how behavioral parent training can solve discipline challenges in your home.

Download the slides associated with this webinar here:

3:20 Learning Objective
4:23 What causes ADHD?
6:35 How long does it last? How will this impact treatment?
7:52 Theories of ADHD
11:39 What Treatments Work for ADHD?
16:37 How does behavioral parent training target the theorized deficits in ADHD?
34:28 When should behavioral parent training be prescribed?
36:29 Data driven approach
37:44 What changes should I expect to see?
38:18 How will I know it’s working?
39:50 What programs work for ADHD?
40:13 Which one is the best for me?
40:58 How to assess quality?
41:58 When will we need to consider changes, like adding medicine?
43:00 Q&A

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[erikaheinzle]

Thank you so much, Dr. Allan. As an LPC and as a mother, spouse and daughter-in-law to those with ADHD, I so appreciated this information. Especially the compassionate focus on helping the parents emotionally. Acknowledging how hard it is to parent with these challenges was an encouragement to my soul. Thank you for this wonderful information. :-)

[RoSa-krhy]

It is so, so difficult to provide the structure and consistency that ADHD kids need when one or both parents have ADHD and/or mental illnesses themselves.

[deedeesteele]

This video very helpful. Thank you much.

[sandranelson]

Question about how this Parent Training translate to school? We just got a 504 Plan that articulates how the teacher will use specific strategies that we are using at home.