Parents’ Session
In modified CBGT courses, four 120-minute parenting sessions followed after each of the first, fourth, seventh, and tenth children’s classes. These classes consisted of four components in general. The first component allowed parents to gain a comprehensive awareness of ADHD health education lecture. The lecture provided parents with information regarding ADHD prevalence, biological and psychosocial pathogenic factors, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, treatment plans, course characteristics, prognosis, maintenance, exacerbation, and remission of psychological factors, common adverse drug reactions, and management techniques. The second, third and fourth parts of the session presented to parents the understanding of emotional and behavioral problems of ADHD adolescents based on DBT theory, the biological factors of impulsive behaviors of ADHD children, and the impact of long-term social and family school disapproval on the maintenance and deterioration of the problems. They taught how to recognize, how to use wisdom to deal with difficult situations, and how to use reinforcement and restriction techniques. And by practicing mindfulness, learning to do with one’s mind, without judgment, and learning to relax and care for oneself. The purpose is to reduce parents’ self-blame, guilt, anxiety and other emotions, improve the understanding of teenagers, and more effectively assist themselves and teenagers to cope with various stressful situations.