Motivating the Oppositional Child Part 2 Episode 8

Posted on May 31, 2011 by sguffanti

The essential ingredient for those children  who often blame others for their misbehavior is for the parents to decide “Whose problem is it?”

When parents step in and solve problemss for their child they communicate, “You are not capable of achieving this.” This is not very helpful to girls—and it’s devastating for boys.

Which leads us to discipline. The four rules of discipline are:

  1. Be fun to be with and require your child to be fun to be with – no whining
  2. Avoid disciplining in anger (If you have to, put yourself in time out before you discipline.)
  3. Focus on what the child can be—the greatness they have within them
  4. Don’t ever take away their passion as punishment for any wrong decision

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No Matter What The Label – Now What?

Posted on May 26, 2011 by sguffanti

Labels often confuse rather than clarify. This video gives you the opportunity to take a practical step into working with your child’s strengths and compensate for their weaknesses. Watch it and put your results below.

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Motivating the Oppositional Child – Episode 7

Posted on May 18, 2011 by sguffanti

But today we learned that the low auditory (half of the children labeled ADHD) often blame others for their misbehaviors, partly because they don’t know how to speak their heart. We learned how to teach someone to speak his heart when he doesn’t know his heart, doesn’t have the words to match his feelings and doesn’t believe he will benefit from the effort because all previous attempts have failed.

You solve all those problems by providing most of the words in a structured framework that touches the essence of what the child needs to express to heal. The two tools you use are the Love Letter and Fair Fight. Eventually, the child makes these tools her own. As an added benefit you can also use these tools with your spouse.

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ADHD And Relationships – Episode 6

Posted on April 29, 2011 by sguffanti

One of the issues that keep parents up at night is their child’s relationships. Will they make friends and keep them? How do I get my child to cooperate? Or simply not constantly annoy his brother and sister? ADHD And Relationships is the first of a multi-part discussion on why these issues are so common among the ADHD and the autistic.

We will discover:

  1. The common ground the ADHD have with the Autistic
  2. The key issue that creates relationship problems
  3. Why this issue must be resolved to make any real headway
  4. The impact on self esteem, friendships and parenting
  5. The result of not resolving this issue – ODD (Oppositional Defiance Disorder)

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Balancing Your Active Child’s Energy – Episode 5

Posted on April 21, 2011 by sguffanti

In this episode Dr. Guffanti

  1. Reviews our two kinds of energy: focused and momentum-building
  2. Three ways to create focused energy
  3. Telling the difference between passion and addiction
  4. Why Hands-on Learners have transition problems
  5. Dr. Guffanti’s GAP Solution

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