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Q: Seeking Intensive ADHD Parent Therapy or "ADHD Parent Camp"

We have an 8 year old son with ADHD/OCD/Anxiety disorder. We just completed a 6 week "wrap-around" program which included coordinated at-home visits, at-school visits and individual therapy. The improvements were significant, but now that the program has ended we are having difficulty sustaining our gains. In particular, it is my wife -- who herself struggles with ADHD and Depression and the attending organizational and emotional challenges -- who is having difficulty maintaining the systems we have put in place. Moreover, our 8 year old reads her look a book and moves in on her weaknesses. To succeed, we need to help my wife achieve a dramatic transformation in her ability to manage her ADHD and her relationship with our son. She is already on meds, with limited improvement. My question is -- does anyone know of an intensive therapy model, "ADHD parent camp," or other modality that might be effective in creating the kind of rapid transformation this situation requires? I realize all depends on my wife's willingness to invest fully in such an approach -- and candidly, I'd have to say the will is there, but the ability to follow-through and overcome the emotional roadblocks is limited. By the way, we are located in Washington state, but at this point would consider a solution anywhere if it would help us turn the corner. Thanks for your input.

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Eileen Bailey, Health Guide
4/ 2/10 11:12am

Thank you for your question and welcome to ADHDCentral.com.

 

I applaud your's and your wife's commitment to make positive changes in your parenting to help your son both manage his ADHD and succeed. The program that you went through sounds wonderful! I wish something like this would have been available when I was trying to understand ADHD when my son was younger. At that time even support groups were far and few between.

 

CHADD does offer parent and family training. You can search for a training class in your area (I am not sure whether locations would be close to you) or contact CHADD about the program.

 

Let me know how it works out.

 

Eileen

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By Eldee— Last Modified: 12/24/10, First Published: 04/01/10