Index 289school as contributing factor to
explosions, 245
social skills, 201–2
standard approach to behavior
management, 78
steps in Plan B, 98
training other skills with Plan B, 188,
197–98, 201–2
understanding of explosive children, 18
See also specific child or problem
George (child), 34–35
Ginny (child), 186
giving in, Plan C as, 93
Goleman, Daniel, 19–20, 46
grandparents, 206, 220–21
gray thinking, 42–43, 198
grumpiness, and Danny, 62
guanfacine (Tenex), 236
gymnastics problem, 185–86
Hector (child), 217
Helen (child), 54–58, 125–29, 189–90
help
asking for, as category of solution,
183–86
classmates as source of, 260–261,
270
for families, 210
for parents, 176, 220
herd-mentality factor, 244
homeopathic agents, 239
homework assignments
identification/listing of problems,
88–89, 119–20, 131
selection of problems to solve, 119–20,
131
homework as a problem
communication patterns in families,
214–17
defining the problem, 106
empathy, 101, 103, 106
as example of Proactive Plan B,
125–29
factors that cause Plan B to go astray,
134–37
invitation, 113–14
Plan B in school, 252–58
school as contributing factor to
explosions, 245
steps in Plan B, 101, 103, 106, 113–14
Hubert (child), 6
husbands
as not doing Plan B, 154–55
See also parents
hyperactivity, 5, 50–52, 54, 59, 195, 231,
235–37. See also ADHD
hypertensive, and Mitchell, 64
identity, 227
ignoring, 5, 74
imipramine (Tofranil), 236
“implosive” children, 6
imposing will. See Plan A
impulsivity, 14, 28–29, 54, 231, 235–37
inattentiveness, 5, 51, 195, 231, 234–36
incentives. See reward/punishment
individual differences, and Plan B in
school, 259–62
Individuals with Disabilities Act, 229
inflexibility
of babies, 13–14
as characteristic of explosive children,
3, 6, 8, 50–51, 63
consequences, 78–81
differences between other children and
explosive children, 8
disciplinary practices at school, 248
individuality of child, 49
as learning disability, 250
onset of, 13–14
of parents/adults, 43, 83
reciprocal, 93, 245–46
and social skills, 199–202
See also cognitive flexibility skills;
flexibility; specific child or problem
insisting, 5, 55–56, 60, 77
intelligence, 3, 50–51, 55, 58, 64–66