| Finding a successful treatment for attention deficit and | | | | consequence must be enforced consistently each time |
| hyperactivity disorder is extremely important for | | | | there is an infraction. If there is not consistence in the |
| families that have children with this disorder. Typically, | | | | ramifications, the behavior will continue. |
| families can choose from a couple of different | | | | Living in the present, children with ADHD often do not |
| methods for handling the situation. Once the family has | | | | have a full concept of the past or the future. Because |
| talked with the doctor, they will then decide which | | | | of this, these children will often act without any thought |
| option is best for them. | | | | as to what might happen because of their action. They |
| Since ADHD children act out impulsively and | | | | probably will have difficulty remembering past events |
| sometimes aggressively, they are often hard to handle. | | | | that were similar unless the consequence has been |
| It is not unusual for them to unexpectedly act out with | | | | deliberately taught many times. |
| extreme behaviors. To find some relief, families often | | | | A family can work with a professional therapist to |
| seek ADHD treatments in order to be able to manage | | | | incorporate behavior therapy, which has been found to |
| these difficult behaviors. One method may involve | | | | be the most successful treatment. With structure and |
| psychotherapy that helps the child to identify and cope | | | | routine, the child with ADHD learns social skills, cause |
| with emotions that may be the root of the aggression | | | | and effect, organization, and other helpful behaviors |
| or impulsiveness. | | | | that are intended to replace the disruptive behaviors. |
| Since children with ADHD often don't interpret social | | | | The adults also have to make adjustments that will |
| interactions well, they usually don't follow the normally | | | | help the child to succeed. For example, one student |
| accepted social rules. Treatment may involve have the | | | | may have trouble staying still while finishing a task. |
| child to interact socially in order to learn those rules. | | | | Even though the treatment may be trying to teach him |
| The difficulty will usually be in getting the child to focus | | | | her to sit still, it may have the opposite effect of not |
| for a suitable period of time to be able to learn the | | | | allowing the student to concentrate. If the child is |
| social skills he/she is lacking. | | | | allowed to move but has to remain focused on the |
| Usually, children pick up on subtle unspoken rules of | | | | task, it may work better. |
| conversation. This is not true for many ADHD children, | | | | Since the child is an individual, the treatment that is |
| so they have to be purposefully taught to make eye | | | | chosen needs to be best suited to his/her needs. |
| contact and to wait for their turn to speak. I found this | | | | Treating the child as a unique person is the first step to |
| website helpful during my research Consequences for | | | | finding an approach that will lead to successful |
| certain actions also have to be taught. To do this, the | | | | treatment of the ADHD. |