The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically I

Index 291

Marvin (child), 8
Mazlish, Elaine, 210
medications
abuse of, 235
adjustments in, 240
antipsychotic, 36
characteristics of explosive children,
58–59, 64, 67–68, 70
consequences, 74–75
discreet approach to, 240
distractibility, 231, 234–35
emotion regulation skills, 36–37,
195–96
executive skills, 195
explosions at home and school, 169
extremely short fuse, 231, 238–41
factors that cause Plan B to go astray,
142
failure of CPS model, 227
frustration tolerance, 240
how long to take, 240–41
hyperactivity, 54, 64, 231, 235–37
identification of pathways, 36–37
for impulsivity, 54, 231, 235–37
inattention, 231, 234–36
irritability, 54, 231, 234, 236–38
lack of explosions in school, 244
mood-stabilizing, 36–37, 238–39
and obsessiveness, 231, 237
overview about, 231–33, 273
for parents, 220
Plan B in school, 253, 269
Plan C, 92
poor responses to, 233
residential facilities, 230
side effects of, 232–40
as strategy for managing behavior, 5
thinking skills, 231–32
training other skills with Plan B, 195–96
waffle episode, 3–4
medicine problem, 99–100, 103, 105,
110–12, 179–80
meeting halfway/giving a little, as
category of solution, 183–86

memory, 50–52, 56

mental health professionals

differing theories and interpretations

of, 75

distrust of, 64, 66–68, 70

failure of CPS model, 227

Plan B in school, 251

methylphenidate (Ritalin), 234

Mickey (child), 37

Miguel (child), 188

Mike (child), 167

mind reading, 211–13

Mitchell (child), 64–71, 221–26

mood stabilizers, 36–37, 238–39

moodiness, 58–59, 62–63

motivation

accountability, 143

characteristics of explosive children, 57

children do well if they can philosophy,

272

consequences, 79, 81–82

explanations for explosions, 86

explanations as guiding interventions,

15

identification of pathways, 46

social skills, 46

standard approach to behavior

management, 78

use of Plan B, 159–60

See also reward/punishment

movie problem, 100, 103, 105, 112

nagging, 93

needs

identification of pathways, 323–35

identifying and articulating, 33–35

language processing skills, 33–35

matching explanations and

interventions to, 75–83

nonverbal learning disability (NLD), 5, 42

Norpramin, 236

nortriptyline (Pamelor), 236

nurturing, as strategy for managing

behavior, 5