Health Topic: Behavioral Therapy At Home

How to change your child's behavor for better with a few adjustments to your parenting approach.

Behavior therapy is a structured disapline strategy based on rewards and consequences- such as increased TV privileges that aims to incrementally teach children preferred ways of behaving. The desired behavior waking up on time, reducing interruptions varies widely from child to child.

According to the American Psychological Association, behavior therapy, rather than medications, should be the first line of treatment for children with ADHD under the age of five. "