Good resources exist in your library and on the Internet for beginning this educational process. Lisa Riley is a therapist with Peachtree Attachment Resources, LLC in Athens, Georgia who works with children having severe attachment difficulties. She and her husband are the adoptive parents of three children, one of whom came to them as a foster child with attachment difficulties. Effective teachers use behavior management techniques to help these children learn how to control their behavior. Verbal Reinforcement Students with ADD benefit from frequent reinforcement of appropriate behavior and correction of inappropriate behavior.
Verbal reinforcement takes on the form of praise and reprimands.
In addition, it is sometimes helpful to selectively ignore inappropriate behavior. Do not hesitate to request that a child change his or her behavior. Selective Ignoring of Inappropriate Behavior. Carefully evaluate whether to intervene when a child misbehaves. In someinstances, it is helpful to ignore the child's inappropriate behavior, particularly if a child is misbehaving to get your attention.