Children with ADHD or ADD often experience challenges in attention, impulse control, and hyperactivity. They may require a unique treatment approach that can include behavioral strategies, psychoeducation, and – sometimes – medication to support their cognitive and emotional well-being. Recognizing and accommodating their neurodivergent traits will foster a positive and supportive environment conducive to their development.
After your child is diagnosed with a type of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), you might feel like you cannot do enough to help them. However, your presence and support as a caregiver can do a lot to keep your child in a positive mindset while succeeding in life. One of the things that parents […]
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Is your child constantly on the move? Maybe they’re just naturally overactive or have a lot of energy! Or it could be something else: attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Whether they have ADHD or not, though, all children can be hyperactive. A child’s hyperactivity may manifest as restlessness, characterized by behaviors such as fidgeting and impulsive actions
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When you’re a new parent, you often have all sorts of ideas about how your child’s future will look. Most of all, you hope that they’ll live a long and happy life. If your child is diagnosed with ADHD, Anxiety, ASD etc., you have a new range of possibilities to grapple with. Will your child
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There’s a reason everyone has nightmares about failing tests or showing up late to them in their underwear. Schools hype them up a big deal, the results of tests like the SAT are critical to getting into a good college, which in turn secures you a career…the list goes on and on.However, people with disabilities
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Author Bio: Cristin Howard runs Smart Parent Advice, a site that provides parenting advice for moms and dads. Cristin writes about all of the different ups and downs of parenting, provides solutions to common challenges, and reviews products that parents need to purchase for babies and toddlers. Having a child in your family with Attention
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Every day, over 56 million children and teens head to school. Many are happy to go to school, and some may try to fake an illness to get a day off, but some outright refuse to go. If your child is one of those children who outright refuses to go to school, the first thing
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Everyone needs sleep to function at their best. Children with ADHD may rely on sleep even more than the rest of us. According to the American Sleep Medicine Academy, even losing one hour of precious sleep a night could be enough to harm the academic performance of children with ADHD. Unfortunately, the ADHD condition and
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My child has ADHD, how do I help? Children who are diagnosed with ADHD are eligible to receive accommodations in the classroom setting. Simply put, accommodations are implemented to remove the barriers which are preventing these children from learning and performing to the best of their ability. ADHD can drastically inhibit a child’s ability
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