Impulsivity in the School-Aged Child

Published: April 28, 2014, 3:20 p.m.

Does your child struggle with impulsive behavior and/or aggression? Does your child act before they think? Don Caserta, LISW-S gives an overview of several behavior management strategies, including conducting antecedent-behavior-consequence (A-B-C) analysis, using effective commands, providing positive reinforcement, helping students use the "Four Whats" to look at their behaviors, and designing data recording/reinforcement methods that work for the child and the parent (including daily report cards and reward charts)

Caserta spends the rest of the discussion helping families to understand attention issues from a clinical point of view and when/why an ADHD diagnosis may be necessary.