I. Prerequisite Information for Using the Program

1. The Rationale for the Program

2. Clinical Assessment of Defiant Adolescents

3. An Overview of the Family Training Program

II. Session Instructions

Step 1. Discussion of ADHD and ODD

Step 2. Principles of Behavior Management

Step 3. Developing Positive Attention

Step 4. Developing Parental Attending Skills

Step 5. Establishing a Behavioral Contract

Step 6. Using Response Cost

Step 7. Completing the Contract/Point System

Step 8. Grounding

Step 9. School Advocacy

Step 10. Introduction to Problem-Solving Communication Training

Step 11. Practicing Problem Solving

Step 12. Practicing Problem Solving, Continued

Step 13. Introduction to Communication Skills

Step 14. Practicing Communication Skills

Step 15. Dealing with Unreasonable Beliefs and Expectations

Step 16. Practicing Problem-Solving and Communication Skills: Catching Unreasonable Beliefs

Step 17. More Family Practice

Step 18. Concluding Treatment

III. Assessment Materials

General Instructions for Completing the Questionnaires (Form 1)

Child and Family Information (Form 2)

Developmental and Medical History (Form 3)

Issues Checklist for Parents and Teenagers (Form 4)

IV. Parent Handouts for Steps 1-18

Parent Handout for Step 2. Principles of Behavior Management: Four-Factor Model of Teen Misbehavior

Parent Handout for Step 2. Coercive Behavior Cycle

Parent Handout for Step 3. Paying Attention to Your Teen's Good Behavior

Parent Handout for Step 4. How to Give Effective Commands

Parent Handout for Step 5. Sample Behavioral Contract

Parent Handout for Step 5. The Home Point System

Parent Handout for Step 8. Grounding

Parent Handout for Step 9. Accommodations for Improving Teen School Performance

Parent Handout for Step 9. Educational Rights for Children with ADHD in Public Schools

Parent Handout for Step 10. Steps to Better Problem Solving

Parent Handout for Step 10. Problem-Solving Worksheet

Parent Handout for Step 10. Problem-Solving Exercise

Parent Handout for Step 13. Communication Habits

Parent Handout for Step 15. Unreasonable and Reasonable Beliefs

Adolescent Handout for Step 15. Unreasonable and Reasonable Beliefs