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Getting ADHD child to follow instructions

by Smarter Parenting | Jun 17, 2019 | Blogs, Featured Posts>Following Instructions, Posts, Parenting Skills>Following Instructions, Specific Diagnosis>ADHD

Teaching following directions for ADHD kids is one of the most basic skills to parents need to teach. Mastering it is necessary and life-changing. Children are required to follow instructions with authority figures in all types of environments. Such as at school, in...

Using Following Instructions to help your RAD child

by Smarter Parenting | Jun 2, 2017 | Blogs, Featured Posts>Following Instructions, Posts, Needs Category, Parenting Skills>Following Instructions

Using Following Instructions to help your RAD child If your child has been diagnosed with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD), you have probably noticed that they have trouble bonding with others and maintaining relationships. As infants or young children,...

How I’ve made Following Instructions work with toddlers

by Smarter Parenting | Mar 21, 2017 | Blogs, Featured Posts>Following Instructions, Posts, Others, Parenting Skills>Following Instructions

How I’ve made Following Instructions work with toddlers Do you ever feel like you are talking to an empty room when you ask your children to do something for you? A LOUD and MESSY empty room, that is. With a two-year-old and four-year-old at home all day with...

Using games and activities to teach Following Instructions

by Smarter Parenting | Apr 7, 2016 | Blogs, Featured Posts>Following Instructions, Posts, Others, Parenting Skills>Following Instructions

Using games and activities to teach Following Instructions When it comes to teaching Following Instructions games and activities are your best friend. Every game, recipe, project, and activity already comes with a list of steps and tasks to do and your children are...

Shaving cream artwork: A Following Instructions activity

by Smarter Parenting | Apr 7, 2016 | Blogs, Featured Posts>Following Instructions, Posts, Others, Parenting Skills>Following Instructions

Shaving cream artwork: A Following Instructions activity ​ Kids and mess go hand in hand. Embrace the mess with shaving marble cream artwork. Not only will your kids love following the steps to this project because the steps themselves are so much fun, they are also...

How to teach your children Following Instructions

by Smarter Parenting | Apr 7, 2016 | Blogs, Featured Posts>Following Instructions, Posts, Others, Parenting Skills>Following Instructions

How to teach your children Following Instructions As parents it is easy to identify what behaviors we would like our children to change but we often don’t know how to encourage that change. If we focus on correcting each individual behavior, such as your daughter...
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