<span style='font-size: 14pt'> </span> <span style="color: #993399"> </span> <span style='font-family: Georgia'>my son was about the same age as your difficult child when his major depressive episode began. i found The Explosive Child far more effective for him than charting behaviors.
for me at least behavoir charts is just too much micromanaging. greene's methods were a broader overview & only focused on two...maybe three behaviors at a time. it took a lot of the tension our of our home.
you have to keep in mind that no program will give you instant results. it takes time & patience to alter behaviors.
my son would react to praise the same way your difficult child does. if i mentioned that he'd been cooperative for a day or two the days of he*l*l would ensue. later he was able to articulate that he was afraid he could not maintain the level of good behaviors so he'd take the easy route & just blow.
kris</span>
