ADHD: Alternative Treatments

Behavior Therapy

Behavior therapy is intended to help a child improve upon their self-control and self-esteem. Typically this treatment involves a child working one on one with a therapist to treat their ADHD symptoms. For some children this may involve making lists and developing an understanding for being a task-oriented individual. Other children may benefit from learning techniques to control their anger such deep breathing or expressing to someone what made them upset. Behavior is a complicated component of ADHD, and this treatment method works to improve upon individual characteristics of a person with ADHD.


In my dataset, 81% of my sources referenced behavior as a cause or symptom of ADHD. In this particular set of data, there were multiple references to mood swings and threats to overall health if ADHD was not managed. Threats are a common tactic used by media sources to instill fear and anxiety in parents and other viewers to have their child or themselves assessed for ADHD.

For more information on behavior treatments please visit: https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/behavior-therapy.html​


Treating behavior becomes complicated because there are many different approaches. You have read about neurofeedback and now behavior therapy as a on on one treatment, but there are also methods to treat behavior by bringing parents in. Each treatment offers its own unique way to treat behavior and looks at ADHD from a slightly different angle. Now let's explore the approach that parent training takes to treating the behavioral symptoms of ADHD.
 

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