Temperament-Based Interventions: Treating ODD, ADHD and Anxiety in Children and Adolescents – Patricia McGuire

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Watch this seminar and learn proven temperament-based strategies for working with children diagnosed with ODD, ADHD and Anxiety who exhibit challenging behaviors, such as meltdowns, anxiety, opposition, hyperactivity, disruption, rigidity and manipulation—just to name a few.

Discover which temperament traits put a child at risk for a diagnosis of ODD, are found with ADHD, and are linked to an increased risk of anxiety disorders. Walk away with interventions that target the areas of executive functioning, cognitive processing, social-emotional and behavioral control, including:

• Language strategies to regulate emotional behavior
• Behavioral strategies to prevent meltdowns and anger
• Self-monitoring strategies to address oppositional behavior
• Sensory strategies to promote cognitive processing
• Problem-solving strategies to reduce anxiety

Early intervention of challenging behaviors can decrease the risk of going from a trait to a disorder.

1. Utilize the temperament profile to understand where the child needs skill development.
2. Incorporate social-emotional and behavioral control strategies to treat ODD behaviors.
3. Demonstrate rhythmicity and persistence strategies to develop organization and working memory in children with ADHD.
4. Integrate adaptability and persistence strategies to improve impulsivity and self-monitoring struggles.
5. Develop the skills needed for adaptability to curb anxiety responses.
6. Select and implement language strategies to regulate emotional behavior.

Traits Linked to ODD, ADHD and Anxiety

• Neurobiological links of temperament
• Temperamental patterns
• Environmental influences on behavior

Assessment Tools

• The 9 trait temperament profile
• Behavioral assessment tools
• Red flags that can be found in temperament

TEMPERAMENT-BASED INTERVENTIONS FOR ODD, ADHD AND ANXIETY:

Executive Functioning (EF) Strategies

• Promote EF with the temperament/ disorder link in mind
• Decision making: The 7 steps that need to be mastered
• Linking EF strategies to improve organization and academics skills
• Engage behavioral inhibition and self-monitoring

Cognitive Processing Strategies

• How the senses create cognitive processing
• Breakdown tasks and activities to increase processing
• Flexible thinking and self-monitoring skills for staying on task
• Teach problem-solving as a tool of ` ` processing

Social-Emotional Strategies

• Problem-solving skills for emotional self-regulation
• Teach internal bully control
• Language strategies to regulate emotional behavior
• Use choices to engage and persuade

Behavioral Control Strategies

• Teach skills to prevent meltdowns and control anger
• When fight or flight responses are in overdrive
• 3 steps to help the child experiencing sensory overload
• Affirmation and empathy through cognitive skills and modeling
• Debrief after an explosion