Attention Deficit Disorder: Tips for child and adults

Small changes can give great results among people with attention deficit disorder with or without hyperactivity (ADHD).  Here are a few useful suggestions for better live with ADHD.

 

 

Tips to help your child

• Help them to organize their environment by using the color codes for notebooks or reward them when they perform certain domestic tasks or housework.

• speak with him by using the body language and social conventions. Take the time to explain him why people flee sometimes our eyes when they talk to us.

• Advise him/her when he/she must confront difficult social situations .

• Explain the rules of courtesy such as the way to start a conversation or the way to hold a door to let someone enter.

• Teach him to manage conflicts explaining the difference between a voluntary act and a accidental gesture.

• Help them to find ways to resolve conflicts.

• Explain to them that the fact that they live sometimes conflicting situations does not mean that they are wicked and that it can happen to everyone.

• If the major projects such as school projects seem insurmountable, divide them into several small steps and offer him a reward for each step taken.

• If your child seems stressed, see his/her calendar of activities. If it is loaded too much, ask your child what optional activities he would like to abandon. Explain that he/she may politely decline an invitation or an activity if it seems too engrossed.

• If your child cannot listen to TV or concentrate on instructions when he typed the foot, let him do so.

• Praise your child. Be precise, emphasize the quality of his writing or the kindness that he demonstrated in speaking on the phone with his grandmother.

• Encourage your child to identify the topics that  interest him. You will thereby help to make a successful career choices when the time comes.

• Make sure your child is followed by a professional health care who is familiar with the ADHD. If your child follows a therapy but proven despite everything still had many difficulties, the medication can be a solution to consider. Find out about the different medications used to treat ADHD in order to make an informed decision.

Tips for adults

• Determine what is a priority. Learn how to manage your time, register your appointments, the anniversary dates of your loved ones, etc. in an agenda.(make a scheduled program)  

• Pay particular attention to people around you and learn to read their body language.

• Are you interested in other, ask questions to show your interest. Be generous with your loved ones, treat them politely and give them an esteem.

• In case of conflict, do not say to other that what he/she did was wrong; explain it to him/her rather how you feel about his/her attitude. If you feel that you are going to prevail, end the discussion before it goes too far. When you will be more calm, you can try to find a common ground.

• If major projects you seem insurmountable, divide them into several smaller steps and reward yourself for each step taken and accomplished.

• Identify the situations that stress you, such involvement in too many concurrent projects. Learn how to set limits and to refuse politely when you feel that you have already given too much.

• If you feel capable of doing two things at once, go for it, go ahead! Some people work better by listening to music, others are unable to concentrate on a conversation or on a television program if they do not do something else at the same time.

• When you make a career choice, choose something you like. Some people with ADHD appease when they perform tasks which require a lot of thoroughness and a quiet work environment . Others prefer the action and are looking for careers that will enable them to do multitude of things.

• Do you follow a specialist of ADHD or your family doctor. Learn about different available drugs  before deciding if this form of treatment is right for you. In some cases, the medication significantly improves the quality of life for people with ADHD. 

Reference:
http://www.douglas.qc.ca/info/troubles-deficit-attention-trucs-quotidien 
For more information see also:  Attention Deficit Disorder with or without Hyperactivity