| Most kids with ADD or ADHD that are in public | | | | with ADD or ADHD want to learn visually. If you put a |
| schools have issues, because the teachers label them | | | | DVD on that is entertaining as well as informational, |
| as trouble makers or problem children right from the | | | | your child will learn more in 30 minutes than 2 weeks |
| beginning. The teacher sees a child that likes to talk a | | | | of being lectured to. |
| lot, constantly moving around, or fidgeting with their | | | | ADD/ADHD children have minds that race when they |
| supplies, and immediately labels that child. | | | | don't have something to do. Think of it like a person |
| Your child is not a trouble maker and not a bad kid. | | | | with anxiety or depression. When someone with |
| You need to realize that just because your child has | | | | anxiety starts to worry the anxiety gets worse and |
| ADD or ADHD, they can be successful and thrive in | | | | worse until they can't handle it anymore. This is just like |
| school when they are handled appropriately. The first | | | | a child with ADD or ADHD. The more bored with |
| thing to understand is that your child's brain works | | | | something they become, the more their mind races |
| differently than the average child. | | | | and the harder it becomes for them to control |
| A child with ADD or ADHD becomes very active | | | | themselves. |
| when they become bored or uninterested. This often | | | | The important thing to remember here is your child is |
| happens because the material being taught is not being | | | | not bad, but they are different and thus need to be |
| taught in a way that your child can focus. Most children | | | | treated and handled differently. |