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ADHD · Glossary term

Affective Calmness

Showing a calm voice and demeanour even when you don't feel calm inside. It models regulation and signals that your child's behaviour doesn't control your response. Your child yells at you impatiently and you keep your tone steady and matter-of-fact.

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Generating age-6–8 examples for "Affective Calmness"…