"The Explosive Child" by Ross Greene | ADHD Information

My ds psychiatrist suggested that we purchase this book to help with my sons sometime defient behavior.  Although my son does not rage like the children in the book, she thought it would be useful information.  I got the book and I'm about half way through and I was just wondering if anyone else uses Dr. Greene's method?  It seems to make a lot of sense, but I wanted to know if anyone has had success with his Plan B method.  Would love to hear from anyone.  Thanks.

I am in the middle of reading it.  We are using the poker chip system.  It seems to work better than anything else I have tried.  It is similiar to OGRAM's marble system.  I do not remember plan b."Basket B" in the older versions. This book saved my sanity. It seems
simple and obvious now, but I really needed someone to tell me that it is
possible that I am punishing my son "enough", so I needed to look at it
differently. I would give him a consequence because of how he behaved
during a meltdown, and surprise, more meltdown. We would literally
spend an entire week at war. He would be upset the moment he woke up
and rage all morning and evening.

Backing off on the constant punishments and focusing on catching the
problems ahead of time helped a great deal. I was much less angry when I
saw that he didn't misbehave more when I backed off.

Our main problem with Basket B (Plan B) is that my son (5) will agree to
something when he is not in the situation, then when it comes time to
follow through he can't pull it off. Sometimes we spend weeks and weeks
going backward, where I won't put him into a position to commit to
something he will fail at. I will just change WHAT is negotiable about a
situation, and he gets distracted by the choice and doesn't notice what is
not negotiable.

Just after he turned 4, my son was already saying "I'm bad" and seemed
far too used to being punished... I don't see that anymore. Hopefully
maybe he trusts me a little more to help him. Maybe this method could
help your son be less defiant because he sees that you can help. Less
defiant is always good i just read the book .makes sense but i find it hard to implement plan b as my son is 3 year old and it is hard to get him to discuss anything never mind alternatives solutions.he has some problems with expressive language and his attention is atrocious.but i thought the concept was very good for older children.it made me realise hubby was using planA and I was using planC.

Frenchmama--We must live in the same house, because my husband is a part A and I am also a Part C.  I just want to keep the peace!  Anyway, my husband is also reading the book and his eyes are really opening up about how being Part A won't work with our dear one.  I can't wait to get through the whole book and start working on the techniques.

Thanks for your input quixote, its nice to know that is helpful to others.    Hopefully it will work with us.  Its mostly homework issues, and teeth brushing.  What is it about the teeth?  Thanks again!