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Research indicates that at least 60% of children diagnosed with ADD/ADHD have difficulty making and keeping friends. Many ADD/ADHD boys, when observed with their peers, seem to be more aggressive, off-task, challenging and argumentative. Girls, who tend to be more aware of their disorder, often have a thought process that hinders their desire to make and keep friends. Some ADD/ADHD girls, who are aggressive, tend to be bossy, controlling and use verbal skills, which may be offensive to their peers.

Many ADD/ADHD children are impulsive. It is often hard for them to resist blurting out or interrupting others in their social group. This impulsive behavior turns other children off because they do not have the patience… Continue Reading

What’s involved in an ADD assessment?
It’s important that a parent who has a child with symptoms of attention deficit disorder go through an assessment process conducted by a trained profession. ADD is a medical diagnosis. Many school counselors or school psychologist may initiate the process by interviewing the child, parent(s) and teachers to see if the child has the symptoms of ADD, but from the point on, a trained professional, skilled in this area takes over. Contacting your medical doctor, insurance carrier or nearby counseling clinics will be able to assist you. You child’s school counselor or school psychologist may also be able to provide you information on where to take your child to be assessed… Continue Reading

What Treatments or Interventions Work?

There are a variety of interventions that seem to lessen the severity of ADD/ADHD. Behavior modification that takes place in both the home and school has been used to help manage this disorder. Medical facilities that specialize in working with children who are ADD/ADHD can recommend a behavioral therapist who can assist the child in replacing undesirable thinking that leads to inappropriate behaviors. There are many different forms of behavioral therapy that include Rational Living Therapy, Cognitive Therapy, Dialectic Therapy and Rational Emotive Therapy. Behavioral therapy is a form of psychotherapy that is applied by a trained, licensed therapist. Parents can also be taught behavioral modification techniques that can be used at home. Some of these techniques will… Continue Reading

Is There A Cure For ADD/ADHD?

Not yet. There is no known cure for ADD/ADHD. However, for many children and adult behavioral therapy, medications, schooling and parenting strategies that involve teaching children coping techniques have all proven to be successful interventions.

Research seems to indicate that only one in three children who are diagnosed with ADD/ADHD are able to overcome the disorder by adulthood. Because there is no know cure at the present time, the primary focus has been placed on minimizing the symptoms. Once parents and educators working with children begin to accept the long-term nature of this disorder, the easier it is to manage it.

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Is ADD/ADHD Caused by Poor Parenting?

No! In fact, to date, scientists have not been able to find the gene that you may have passed on to your child to bring about ADD/ADHD. However, research studies have indicated that nearly 50% of all parents who have been diagnosed with ADD/ADHD have children with this disorder. Ten to thirty percent of close relatives of children with ADD/ADHD also have the disorder. Poor parenting does not cause this disorder, but some research seems to indicate that ADD/ADHD may be inherited.

Parenting Strategies In Helping A Child With Attention Deficit
Communicate. Be clear and concise when communicating with your child. Give instructions one step at a time; make requests one at a time.

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What Causes ADD/ADHD?

Medical experts believe that brain structure and function play a role in causing ADD and ADHD. The brain’s frontal lobe (located near our forehead) has often been the point of concentration by medical research teams. Through the use of MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) these teams have found that the frontal lobes are 3 to 4 percent smaller in children who have been diagnosed with ADD/ADHD. Medical science also believes that one of the brain’s main sources of energy, glucose, is used less in the areas that control attention in adults who have been diagnosed with ADD/ADHD than adult who have not been diagnosed with this condition.

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