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Hello all. You may remember that I have a son who is 9.5 and recently officially diagnosed with ADHD (not a surprise). Does anyone have any great resources or tips to help with the actual day to day teaching, scheduling, and supporting of a student with such challenges? DS is bright, creative, and more inattentive than hyperactive. He is quite impulsive and occasionally gets into an ODD rut. That is a time that I especially struggle to not respond in anger or frustration. What the heck do you do in those moments when they say, “I hate my work and I will not pull my chair in to my desk.” Or when you ask them to pick up their pencil, and start talking them through the first math problem and they just stare at you silently. or whine. or cry. math is our biggest battle, btw, though – interestingly – he’s rather good at it. i don’t think that is all a character or obedience thing as I once suspected…from what I am reading, it seems more like they are overwhelmed and their brain gets sort of “stuck.” sigh.
Thanks, ladies.
Amy
Amy,
I would say if you could cover up most of the work they are about to do in math that would probably help. They get overwelmed looking at the whole picture. It needs to be broke down into smaller chunks. Gradually building up and if you are taking the summer off gradually work into it. I find it is easier if I have some sort of work for him during the summer even if it is small or one subject a day. He seems to like it. He likes his days off but if he gets to many he expects it is going to remain like that. They are creatures of habit. Small subjects switching. Making learning fun helps. If they get to bored they really don’t soak up the education.
Make sure you watch what he eats. Make sure there are no preservatives in his food. Defineately no BHT, BHA, and BHQT. This keeps them unfocused. It is found in bread also. Sometimes it hides in Shortening. They don’t have to label it BHT,ect… All they have to say is Shortening. I wouldn’t give him any breakfast cereals they almost always contain BHT. Some say it is in the packaging but if you look it is listed in ingrediants. It is suppose to be a preservative. It is actually an additive to jet fuel. Watch all the labels and look up ingredients from packages. You will find if he isn’t consentrating it usually has to do with something he ate. I am surprised how much my son can not concentrate after he gets ahold of certain foods. Good luck and Blessings!
Amy,
I am right there with ya! I have one with ADHD and one with with anxiety and severe OCD. The son with ADHD is 10 now and was on strattera for about 3 years. It’s a non stimulant and worked amazing!!!! (I LOVE IT) I recently took him off it just to see if he has out grown the ADHD symptoms. I have noticed that he talks A LOT! LOL But we are using homeopathic valerian root and homeopathic kiddi calm (yes it taks both) he takes it 4 times a day, a few drops under his tounge. He now also takes a large dose of omega 3, 6, probiotic, 2000 mg Vit D and a few other supplements. It’s been two months off his meds and I will give it one more month of diet changes, low sugar and gluten free and lots of physical exercise. If he needs his meds I will slowly put him back on. If you have not read the book Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders. I highly recommend it. It has changed our lives!!!! Hang in there.
I know there are a lot of people totally anti meds, I am actually one of them. BUT…. imagine, your frustration, he feels worse inside. Once I saw ADHD through my son’s eyes, I medicated him. Every family is different.
Becky
We have just been exploring this in the past year for our youngest. I can recommend two books that have given me a lot of insight and may be of help:
Dr. Amen’s “Healing ADD” book:
Smart but Scattered:
The second deals with executive function, which is apparently a big issue for folks with ADD (explains a lot in my life, LOL). Neither will help specifically with teaching, but the insight may be helpful in planning, particularly the second book.
The first really helped me to understand that ADD really does have a biological basis, that diet, as we know, can play a big part, and that in some instances medication really is beneficial (or necessary) to help the people reach their highest potential. And that when my child gets that “lights out” look and tells me, literally, that when he tries to do math, “the lights in my brain go off,” he is not kidding. The book has amazing brain scans that show exactly what’s happening. It’s given me a lot to think about as we muddle through this; perhaps it may be of some help. I look forward to reading the responses of others.
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