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Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)/ Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in Children

Children display any one of the three major categories of ADD. Children suffer from ADD throughout the world and it has been found out that it is mostly the boys who are affected by this disorder than girls, and it is in a ratio of 3:1. The three major types of ADD is being explained as follows:

ADHD, Inattentive Type:

The child:
-Lacks attention to details, makes careless errors.
- Has difficulty with prolonged attention span.
- Does not seem to listen.
- Struggles with instructions.
- Struggles with organization.
- Prefers not to use continued mental effort.
- Misplaces things.
- Can be easily distracted.
- Can be forgetful during everyday activities.

ADHD, Hyperactive-Impulsive Type:

The sufferer:
- Displays nervousness, movements with hands or feet, twists in chair.
- Does not stay seated for long.
- Is running or climbs places.
- Has a hard time going through quiet activities.
- Talks excessive.
- Hurries to reply to questions before they’re finished being asked.
- Is impatient.
- Interrupts others.

ADHD, Combined Type:

The sufferer:
- Meets criteria from both sets above.

Who To Blame

Parents are not to blame as to whichever ADD is being displayed in the child. This disorder is mainly attributed to genetic factors. One also cannot put a blame that one got into this disorder as a result of bad parenting or other factors that could justify that this disorder was brought upon by the parents divorce or abusive attitude, poverty, or other circumstances that could be a cause of this disorder.

Our Role As A Community

We as a community have a very important role that we need to play to help make the children going through this disorder. The major and most important thing that we can do is that we can accept these children from our hearts and give them the love and affection they deserve and not reject them because they are not normal. We should not label them and put them in a specific closet of society where they are just quarantined as an ill part of or society, but should be held close with a belief that they can be one day a healthy and contributing group of our society. So we should not close our eyes on this hope that they can live a happy and healthier life. This can happen to any parents, it could be you, it could be me, so why turn our face away from them, but to put in every effort to get them back from where they are lost inside theirselves.

Research Studies

There are studies that suggest that earlier the diagnosis, the better the chances are for the children to be put on treatment and the rehabilitation techniques to help them revive again their lives from the lost world inside theirselves. So the earlier the diagnosis, the better are the chances.

How To Help

The people who can help the child the best are parents. The reason why parents are ranked above doctors is because parents have a connection with children, which the doctors might not have, and the child suffering from ADD is not a child who is going to mingle or trust that easily, thought it can take years to develop that, so parents are the ones who have their trust through love and affection and giving them most of their time throughout the day. Once the diagnosis is being made, the child will be going through a lot of thoughts of his own cause he is constantly listening as to what is being said throughout the day and how things are changing since his diagnosis of this disorder, so he might be going at a distance and closing him or herself more and more, and that is where parental role comes in where they assure them that they are there for them, NO MATTER WHAT. Their love for them will never change, which is so true cause the parents are going through the hurt seeing their child going through such, but on the other hand they have to have the strength to hold their nerves and help their child as much as they can, but moral support is something that is playing a role of a great healer, and has an unimaginable power.

Do let your children know that they need to help you fight this and they are always there and praise them on every achievement they make and get closer and closer to them and this help and support will ultimately bring about miracles.

It is also pretty important to know the ground reality that every day that is passing by is challenging and it would not be perfect that your child is complying to everything, but could be totally opposite where they might not listen to you at all and they will break things, mess up the entire house, but you know they would not have done this at all and why in actuality they are doing this, its not them, but that disorder that is making them do that, so if you have any aggravation that is growing inside you, just cool it down, and just try as much as you can to calm them down, so that they do not hurt themselves by being hyper. I know the nerves frizzle, a lot of aggravation grows, a lot of questions arise, but always remember to forgive open heartedly and not get upset, but try to stay as calm as you can, you know you can fight it and you know that you are going to win the war against this.

Keep a journal of their daily activities, write their behaviors by observing them very closely and learn the new advancements that are being brought about to know as to if there is any light that is there in terms of treatment and that can bring your child out from inside him or her. Writing the journal will help you track down as to where your child is in terms of improvement or is he or she deteriorating, so this is pretty important to keep a track of everything. Be a fighter and an achiever, the world salutes you for your strength and courage.

Make a scrapbook where you can stick the latest articles and also a phone book regarding people who are enthusiastically researching on this disorder trying to find the cure and working day and night, you can contact them and can be brought into light as to what advancements are being brought about and can gain a whole lot benefit from it. Get the emails of the organizations and be a member of them to talk with different parents whose children are suffering from this so you have a platform to share different feelings and improvements that are being brought about in different kids and how, so you can also see as to how to adopt those measures for your kid. Cause this exchange of information with other parents that is helping you can help other parents too.

You can educate so many people and at the same time educating your ownself on the different aspects of this disorder. It is very different to think than to hear yourself; many facts are what are being revealed to yourself when you are sharing pieces of information with others. Tell other parents of the details of this syndrome so they are able to help their children in the most effective way. No one can better understand the pain than the ones going through it, so help in every way possible.

Another way that can be taken as a step is that different parents can arrange meetings where their children have an opportunity to mingle with each other and they see their responses and see as to what are the things that he or she is responding the most and this could be very useful in knowing the interests because the interest of children going through this disorder fluctuate very rapidly and thus resulting in varied behaviors and moods, but going through socializing activities can help bring about positive changes in a child.

The most important thing that needs to be mentioned here is that a person who is going to care for the child must go through training depending on the role of them in the child’s life. You need to go through this training and learn it in depth as to realizing the aspects that it is going to be a part of your daily life and to enhance your training you can also go through the organized workshops where the level of training is further enhanced and the you learn as to how to come over with different problems that are being encountered in day to day life and how to organize the treatment of the child and how to understand his needs at times when he is not communicative and journaling down every single behavior and just finding ways and exploring as to how to bring the child back from a world where he is almost non-communicative most of the times and in himself. Just remember that your weakness will be the strength of the disorder and you being strong will stand you out as the winner in the situation. So be the master of the situation and have high spirits.
Do you know who is doing this all for your child? That person is you and you have to remember that you need to take care of yourself cause if you don’t then things will be going in a downwards trend and its not you alone, you are with your family who depend so much on you and you need to always keep that in mind.

You can always check in with different forums of ADD where different parents meet and share the information to help each other and your children.

A child who is going through ADD is a child who has a whole lot of energy and who requires the person watching him to be on the toes all the time, so that requires a high level of physical activity by the parent who is caring for the child and for that case a great deal of patience and high level of stamina are both required.

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