Childhood Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD and ADHD)

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Childhood Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD and ADHD) Are you struggling to keep your kid active and attentive??? Is your kid constantly facing complaint from school of lack of interest in school???? Is your kid academically weak and has tough time interacting with his fellow students????

If your answer for the following questions is yes, then it is to be realised that your kid is suffering from attention deficit disorder. However, parents with attention deficit disorder children need not dread as the history has seen many great scientists and achievers like Albert Einstein who were once the victims of attention deficit disorder. However, parents need not worry or feel sad about their kids. Here are some factors that indicate what exactly attention deficit disorder children face: • • •

The kid struggles to remember things. In other words, the kid has short term memory loss Can’t stay attentive or focussed in subjects that are boring and tough to understand Rational thinking is low as creative thinking is taking wings

These being the symptoms, handling and enhancing attention deficit children need personal attention of parents and cooperation of teachers in school. Parents should start interacting more with the kids and try to understand their style of thinking and the ways that make them understand things. Also, parents should identify what interests the kids and should not compare them with the other normal kids. However sometimes, attention deficit disorder children tend to interrupt amidst conversations, may get hyperactivity and also angry for no reasons. In such situations, as parents it is your responsibility to stay calm and try to sweetly explain the situation to the kid or just find ways to make him calm too.

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In school, teachers should break the normal teaching style and take up creative teaching styles so that the kids start taking interest in the studies. Instead of following the typical lecturing style, more visual aids and physical activity involved teaching should be taken. Teachers should be little easy and affectionate. Thanks to the medical advancements, these days there are various medicinal and non medicinal techniques to enhance attention deficit disorder children. In addition, there is lot of information online that helps parents get awareness and complete understanding about the syndrome and some of the general tips that would help them handle their kids. In addition all those looking for doctors, can also do an online search for the reputed doctors who have handled such kids in the past and have a good track record. A typical attention deficit disorder healing would include an array of tests to know the actual reason and severity of the syndrome. Also, considering the fact that the this syndrome seems high in kids, various health and wellness organisations are conducting open workshops and medical camps to spread awareness about it and also to identify kids suffering from the same. However, though there is lot of medical aid, one thing that is very important is the parents’ affection, care and attention that would make the attention deficit disorder children to overcome the syndrome faster and become normal.

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