Confident Parents, Capable Kids by ADHD Dude

Raising a child with ADHD can be exhausting when arguing, meltdowns, and power struggles take over your home. It doesn't have to stay that way.

ADHD Dude Parent Behavior Training was created by Ryan Wexelblatt, LCSW, a therapist and father who raised a son with ADHD. It's grounded in evidence, not trends.

You'll get clear, step-by-step strategies to reduce difficult behavior and help your child recognize how capable they are.

Start your Parent Behavior Training at ADHDDude.com.


Confident Parents, Capable Kids by ADHD Dude

Home should be the one place where a parent has peace.

Not the place where you are worrying about what will get destroyed the next time your child doesn't get their way.

Destructive behavior is one of the hardest things for a parent to respond to, because the first things most people try- talking calmly, validating feelings, or being empathetic- only to learn that does not stop the destructive behavior.

Some parents unintentionally turn destructive behavior into a game by trying to grab things out of their child's hands or stop them from being destructive. Each of these well-intended approaches only exacerbates the behavior, and often makes it worse.

What changes destructive behavior? Having a plan in place for how you will respond differently, and preparing your child for the change in how you respond.

This free PDF walks you through the steps of the protocol taught in ADHD Dude Parent Behavior Training to stop the destructive behavior in your home.

You deserve a peaceful home; your child deserves to learn how capable they are at handling not getting their way.

Download the free PDF here: www.adhddude.com/destructive-behavior

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Confident Parents, Capable Kids by ADHD Dude

Behavior issues, meltdowns, lack of cooperation, arguing, yelling, and threats of punishment are emotionally exhausting.

A child without clear expectations doesn't know what's expected of them or what they're capable of. That is confusing and anxiety-producing.

Creating Daily Expectations at Home is a free 42-minute webinar to help you learn how to improve behavior, emotional regulation, and cooperation at home while helping your child learn how capable they are. It was a special topic office hours for ADHD Dude members and included questions from parents.

You'll learn how to set clear, specific expectations for behavior/cooperation and helping around the house, and how to move away from threats of punishment and toward teaching accountability for their choices.

Creating Daily Expectations is the second part of our Parent Behavior Training sequence, with three versions based on your child's age.

Your child's behavior improves when you change how you respond.

Watch and download the presentation slides here: www.adhddude.com/get-creating-daily-expectations-w…

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Confident Parents, Capable Kids by ADHD Dude

This is a clip from ADHD Dude membership office hours.

Parenting a child with ADHD comes with questions that do not have easy answers. And most parents do not have access to someone with real depth of knowledge and expertise in ADHD research to help them troubleshoot.

𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗴𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱, 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗗𝗛𝗗, 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀. 𝗥𝘆𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝘀.

Twice a month, ADHD Dude members get direct access to that expertise through live office hours where they can ask as many questions as they need. You are not seen or heard on camera. Some members come to watch and learn from the questions others are asking. And if you cannot make it live, every session is available as a replay.

To have your questions answered, you do need to attend live.
Start your Parent Training today at adhddude.com

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Confident Parents, Capable Kids by ADHD Dude

This is a clip from ADHD Dude membership office hours.

Parenting a child with ADHD comes with questions that do not have easy answers. And most parents do not have access to someone with real depth of knowledge and expertise in ADHD research to help them troubleshoot.

𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗴𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱, 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗗𝗛𝗗, 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀. 𝗥𝘆𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝘀.

Twice a month, ADHD Dude members get direct access to that expertise through live office hours where they can ask as many questions as they need. You are not seen or heard on camera. Some members come to watch and learn from the questions others are asking. And if you cannot make it live, every session is available as a replay.

To have your questions answered, you do need to attend live.
Start your Parent Training today at adhddude.com

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Confident Parents, Capable Kids by ADHD Dude

If you want to improve behavior, emotional regulation, and cooperation at home, and help your child with ADHD recognize how capable they are, there need to be two things in place:
1. "Currency" earned within your child's time horizon.
2. Daily expectations in place for behavior/cooperation and helping around the house.
Often, parents try to motivate their child, yet the child's currency is treated as an entitlement owed simply for being alive. When a child with ADHD doesn't feel useful and they don't have to work towards a short-term goal, it's going to be difficult to motivate them.
Some families try to implement currency but do it outside of the child's time horizon, or have vague expectations, which are not helpful to the ADHD brain.
ADHD Dude is the first Parent Behavior Training program to account for the development of executive function skills.
If you've been trying to motivate your child with lots of encouragement, empathy, and emotional validation yet wonder why it's not working, it's because talking doesn't motivate a child with ADHD; action does.
Link in the comments section to watch a free webinar on creating daily expectations in your home that will help improve behavior, cooperation, and emotional regulation, and help your child learn how capable they are.

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