Articles!

Over the years, Dr. Davenport has written several articles to help address the needs of struggling children, teens, adults, and families.

Parenting Strategies and Solutions

Structured behavioral techniques combined with the flexibility that adjusts for a child or teen’s unique needs can address your parenting challenges.

Three Steps to Successful Transitions

As I say in my bio, I am truly a fellow struggler! The same day I first posted this item in February 2010, my then four-year-old daughter had a full-blown crying, screaming, jelly-legs, you’re-gonna-have-to-carry-me-outta-here temper tantrum during a transition at a local mall.

Giving effective instructions for improved compliance

Just by making a few little changes in how we give instructions, parents can often achieve improved child or teen compliance. Here are some suggestions: Reduce all distractions before giving instructions. Don’t expect your child to attend to you when something more entertaining is going on in the room. Turn off distractions – television, computer,…

Parenting: Loving Your Determined Child or Teen

After many years of working with children and teens with determined temperaments (including my own child), I have learned that once your determined child is convinced of the strength of your love for her, she is more motivated to protect her relationship with you through obedience.

Ten Steps to Better Behavior

To increase desired behaviors, try letting your child earn what she wants to do by doing what she needs to do.

The Power of Positive Attention

In the absence of positive attention, your child or teen will seek negative attention. Try these strategies to break out of this negative cycle.

Time Out!

Time out gets a “bad rap” largely because it is misused for every form of disobedience under the sun.  Time out is called “Time Out from Reinforcement” meaning that it is a time to be apart from others and activities. Here, time out is designed to be only one part of the process previously described…

Self-Control: Improving Your Child’s Ability to Think Before Acting

If anyone ever tells you that your child or teen’s response inhibition can be fixed quickly and without much effort on your part, don’t just walk out of their office…run out of their office! It’s not going to happen that way. Read this series of articles to find out how impulsivity can be improved.