The Essential Guide to Raising Complex Kids with ADHD, Anxiety, and More What Parents and Teachers Really Need to Know to Empower Complicated Kids with Confidence and Calm

Guide kids of all ages on their path to independence and success!
 
The Essential Guide to Raising Complex Kids is a wake-up call, a clear path for action, and a message of inspiration, providing a reality-based recipe for raising complex kids, while not making yourself (or your family) crazy in the process.

Parenting expert Elaine Taylor-Klaus of ImpactADHD.com walks you through a proven coach-approach method that provides essential tools for clearly setting effective and realistic expectations for your kids to eliminate daily battles and constant upheaval.
 
It doesn’t matter if your child has ADHD, anxiety, learning disabilities, autism, depression, ODD, or attachment issues—complex kids struggle with some aspects of life and learning, and they need your understanding and support. A coach-approach will help you communicate, collaborate, and guide kids of all ages on a path to independence and success.

Here are some of the challenges, coach-approach messages, and strategies you will learn:
 

Challenge: “This Kid Is Really Smart, but . . .”

Coach’s Reframe: Parent from Inspiration --> Strategy: Shed the Shoulds

Challenge: “I’ve Tried Everything, but Nothing Works” 

Coach’s Reframe: Start with You  --> Strategy: Relationships over Tasks

Challenge: “My Kid’s Just Not Motivated” 

Coach’s Reframe: Executive Function --> Strategy: Use Motivation

Challenge: “Where Do I Start?” 

Coach’s Reframe: Take a Marathon View --> Strategy: Take Aim

With The Essential Guide to Raising Complex Kids with ADHD, Anxiety, and More, your family can rediscover peace…and thrive.

Foreword 6
CHEAT SHEET
An Introduction for Busy Parents and Professionals
 
PART 1
Turning Chaos into Calm Embracing a Family Life That’s Perfectly Imperfect
CHAPTER 1 “This Kid Is Really Smart, but . . . ”: Six Challenge Areas for Families with Complex Kids
CHAPTER 2 “This Is Not What I Expected”: Parenting Complex Kids Is Different
CHAPTER 3 “I’ve Tried Everything, but Nothing Works”: Understanding and Redefining Parenting Success
CHAPTER 4 “I Just Want Some Peace!”: The Four Phases of Parenting
 
PART 2
The Impact Model A New Paradigm for Parenting Like a Coach
CHAPTER 5 “Where Do I Start?”: You Can Do It All, but Not at the Same Time (Take Aim)
CHAPTER 6 “Why Can’t They Just . . . ?”: No One Knows Your Child Better Than You Do
CHAPTER 7 “My Kid’s Just Not Motivated”: How to Get Your Kids to . . .[Fill in the Blank]
CHAPTER 8 “Everyone’s So Tense All the Time”: It’s Not What You Say, It’s How You Say It
CHAPTER 9 “I Don’t Know What’s Realistic”: Set Appropriate Expectations and Consequences
CHAPTER 10 “I Need a Strategy for . . . “: Creating Effective Systems and Structures That Actually Work
 
PART 3 Turning Information into Action Making This Work in Your Life
CHAPTER 11 “They Need to Be Able to Do This on Their Own”: Cultivating Ownership Gradually and Then Suddenly
CHAPTER 12 “How Do I Know if It’s Working?”: Bringing It All Together
Afterword: A Letter from Elaine and Diane
Discussion Group Guide
Resources
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Index