Table of Contents

How quickly things can change; a new primer - understanding the difficult child; patterns moving mountains; the energy-challenged child - a new perspective; step 1 - active recognition - windows of opportunity; step 2 - experiential recognition - instilling wonderful values; step 3 - proactive recognition - a new spin on rules; step 4 - creative recognition - creating successes that would not otherwise exist; step 5 - the credit system - bless the child who has his own; step 6 - consequences - perfect timing; step 7 - extending the success to school - good intentions are not enough; later stages of treatment - pulling it all together; the energy-challenged child - emotions and therapy; more on ADHD symptoms - medication and diagnosis; unveiling the potential - new horizons; safe hold technique for time-outs.