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.