what made your extremely diffcult kid diagnosed with ADHD in preschool improve - single best thing?
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Anonymous
| Please give me some light at the end of my dark tunnel of this week. |
Anonymous
| Exercise. |
Anonymous
| We exercise all the time. Not helping. Sometimes hypes him up. |
Anonymous
| Karate camp |
Anonymous
|
-automatic toothbrush with timer
-no juice, low sugar diet and plenty of sleep -positive reinforcements |
Anonymous
| Growing up. He's a great 5th grader. |
Anonymous
I think type of exercise can matter. Running around like crazy can be amp-ing. Swinging can be calming, or athletic activity that is more directed, like bike riding, push ups, etc--anything where body control is important. I think t depends on the kid but random running was also not really helpful for my kid. |
Anonymous
| Focalin. I know medication isn't the answer for everyone but it was life changing for my child and our family. |
Anonymous
| Lots of outdoor play with nothing but sticks, rocks. Not necessarily playgrounds or toys. See the blog 1000 hours outside. |
Anonymous
Same here - except now he's a teenager and I want to kill him. |
Anonymous
| Medication and therapy |
Anonymous
| SN school |
Anonymous
| The right preschool. |
Anonymous
This. Life changing for DS and our entire family dynamic. The other thing that was extremely helpful was behavioral therapy, which we did before meds. It really taught DH and I how to better handle his defiance. We started meds after it was clear that the methods we learned in therapy couldn't correct his inability to control his body, mouth, etc. We started meds a couple months after 5. |
Anonymous
| Medication, we started at five |