| Children with ADD do not have to be prescribed | | | | the long run, it will be more emotionally and physically |
| medication to treat their condition. There are options | | | | healthy for your child. |
| available today that are better than those years ago. | | | | Children with ADHD have the same gifts to offer as |
| Years ago, it was common to put a child who had | | | | other children and, in some cases, even more. They |
| been diagnosed with ADD or ADHD on Ritalin. This is | | | | are often very highly creative individuals of above |
| a mood altering drug that often makes a child feel | | | | average intelligence. If channeled in the right direction, |
| sleepy or not themselves. The problem with | | | | they can allow their condition to work for them instead |
| medications is that they often mask the condition and | | | | of working against them. |
| give leeway to those who say that the children with | | | | That is what therapy for ADHD children is all about. |
| ADHD are wrong and everyone else is normal. | | | | Instead of looking to mask the condition with drugs and |
| There is no clinical definition of normal. There is a clinical | | | | turn the child into what society perceives as normal, |
| definition of ADHD, but that does not mean that it is | | | | the child is allowed to be his or her self and work with |
| wrong to have inherited this genetic makeup. Children | | | | their ADHD to turn the gifts that come along with the |
| with ADHD process their thoughts differently than | | | | ADHD, such as energy and imagination, into positive |
| other children. The fact that most children do not have | | | | traits while minimizing the negative impact of the |
| ADHD does not make most children right and ADHD | | | | condition. With this type of therapy, an ADHD child can |
| children wrong. That type of thinking must be avoided | | | | learn to minimize their impulsive nature and be more |
| if you are going to help children with ADHD. | | | | conscientious of their work. This therapy can also |
| Therapy options are more attractive to parents today | | | | work to develop the self esteem of a child with |
| who are informed about the types of drugs as well as | | | | ADHD. |
| the side effects of these drugs. This includes helping | | | | ADHD children are just like any other children, they just |
| the ADHD child learn the way that is comfortable for | | | | have a different thought process. Once you learn to |
| him or her. Working with children with ADHD takes a | | | | work with them to develop that thought process so it |
| bit of time, but it is well worth the effort for the parent | | | | can blend with every day learning, the outlook for their |
| who truly wants to help their child. Not only can this | | | | future is brighter. |
| type of treatment eliminate the need for drugs, but in | | | | |