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Friday's Progress Notes - November 15, 2002
Mental Health Information - Vol. 6 Issue 18
Published by athealth.com - http://www.athealth.com

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CONTENTS

1. Improving behavior in ADHD child
2. Childhood discipline
3. Guidance for effective discipline
4. How to help families stop spanking
5. Practice guide for dealing with adolescent issues
6. Checklist of key topics for teens
7. Filial therapy for improving parent-child relationships
8. Sharing Parents in Stepfamilies

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Dear Colleagues,

Parenting is a challenge. Today's newsletter addresses a wide range of issues of interest to both clinicians and parents. Topics include effective discipline, working with teens, parent-child relationships, and talking about sexuality.

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John L. Miller, MD

1. EMPOWERING PARENTS
ADHD and Young Children: Unlocking the Secrets to Good Behavior
These are techniques and strategies that can help parents improve the behavior of a child with ADHD.
http://www.athealth.com/consumer/disorders/ADHDstrategies.html

2. AMERICAN FAMILY PHYSICIAN
Childhood Discipline: Challenges for Clinicians and Parents
Discipline should be instructive and age-appropriate and should include positive reinforcement for good behavior.
http://www.aafp.org/afp/20021015/1447.html

3. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS
Guidance for Effective Discipline
Discipline prepares children to achieve competence, self-control, self-direction, and caring for others.
http://www.aap.org/policy/re9740.html

4. BRIGHT FUTURES IN PRACTICE: MENTAL HEALTH - TOOL KIT
How to Help Families Stop Spanking
http://www.brightfutures.org/mentalhealth/pdf/professionals/ec/spanking.pdf
Principles of Limit Setting
http://www.brightfutures.org/mentalhealth/pdf/families/ec/limit_setting.pdf
Charting Positive Behavior
http://www.brightfutures.org/mentalhealth/pdf/families/ec/charting.pdf
Communicating with Children
http://www.brightfutures.org/mentalhealth/pdf/families/ec/communicating.pdf
Time Out
http://www.brightfutures.org/mentalhealth/pdf/families/ec/time_out.pdf

5. BRIGHT FUTURES IN PRACTICE:
MENTAL HEALTH - VOLUME I, PRACTICE GUIDE
Adolescence: 11-21 Years
This chapter addresses adolescent development, self-esteem, body image, mood, sexuality, sexual identity, family relationships, and peer, school, and community interaction.

6. BRIGHT FUTURES IN PRACTICE:
MENTAL HEALTH - VOLUME II, TOOL KIT
Adolescence Checklist
This is a checklist of key topics to discuss with teens.

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Filial Therapy
Filial therapy is an alternative method for treating emotionally disturbed children in which the parent is used as an ally in the therapeutic process.
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8. IMPACT PUBLISHERS
Trading Spaces, Sharing Parents: Helping Your Child Adjust to Visitation
Your child may be feeling like a visitor in your new home, especially if your new spouse’s children live with you and your child does not.
http://www.athealth.com/Consumer/disorders/stepkidsvisitation.html

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