For treating ADHD in a child, behavior modification can play a very important role. Children are taught to become their very own advocates, ways to solve their problems, positive reinforcement and consistency. One should not confuse Behavior modification with the conventional individual therapies like, "play" or "talk" therapies.

Fundamentally, this can be useful for improving not just the child’s behavior, but also in fact also the relations, through improvement in interactions with adults and other children.

Professional therapists teach these techniques to parents and teachers, for meeting daily purposes. Normally, behavior modification is initiated shortly after ADHD diagnosis in a child, and in most cases it is believed that it is best to start the therapy as soon as possible. Many behavior modification techniques are offered for adolescents, elementary school going children and preschoolers.

Following are the “ABCs" of the behavior modification (three situations when behavior modification may be used:

The Antecedents (things initiating or preceding ‘behaviors’ of the child)

The behavior (child’s undesirable ‘behavior’)

The Consequences (results of the ‘behavior’ of the child)

You, as an educator, would be taught to alter the antecedents, through making changes in your way of instructing the child. By changing your reaction to the child’s disobedience or obedience, you would learn how to change the results of the undesirable behavior. All these would help the student learn more suitable behavioral patterns that can eventually provide help in all the facets of the life of the student.