Archive for: ADHD

‘Calm Down Or Else’: When Managing Child Behaviour Goes Too Far

Jul 6th, 2010

‘Calm Down Or Else’: When Managing Child Behaviour Goes Too Far

An interesting perspective of how certain schools in the United States tackle children with special needs. Hopefully, we in India will never see such times. Or will we? Dr. Joseph Mercola comments – and offers some useful at-home guidelines for parents of children with special needs.

Child Behavior Modification: Rules For Parents

Jun 21st, 2010

Child Behavior Modification: Rules For Parents

Parents are no stranger to unruly behavior, tantrums, defiant behavior conduct disorder or even attention deficit disorder in their children. All of these can cause problems in dealing with your child. But, more often than not, parents can themselves help modify their child's behavior just by following a few simple rules.

ADHD Kids: 5 Simple Concentration Building Techniques

Jun 8th, 2010

ADHD Kids: 5 Simple Concentration Building Techniques

Imagine that you are living inside of a video game, where everything is coming at you at once and every sight, sound and sensation is a distraction. For a child with ADHD, getting through a typical day is something like that — and it explains a great deal about how they experience the world. The good news is, there is something you can do to help your ADHD child improve their concentration skills.

Internet Safety: Prevent CyberBullying – Be a Part of Your Daughter’s Life

May 25th, 2010

Internet Safety: Prevent CyberBullying – Be a Part of Your Daughter’s Life

Girls are enamored with social communications as a way to make connections and keep in touch. But while the Internet can be a very private-seeming place when one sits alone in front of a computer screen in a bedroom, but in reality, it can be devastatingly public. In this age of MySpace, cell phones, and instant messaging, it has never been more important to ensure that you are a part of your daughter’s life: the real and the virtual.

Defining ADHD: Disorder Or Difference?

May 15th, 2010

Defining ADHD: Disorder Or Difference?

The word 'disorder' conjures up images of illness, disease and serious disabilities. As a society we have created a monster with ADHD, and it has fueled our perception that medicating our children can solve all their problems-and ours. Suppose we changed the last D in ADHD from 'disorder' to 'difference.' We could then say that a child with ADHD has some significant differences in his cognitive ability, emotional sensitivity and activity level when compared to other children.

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