Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for child with ADHD?
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Anonymous
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On understood.org and other websites, I have read that cognitive behavioral therapy can be helpful for children with ADHD. Right now, our DS age 7 with ADHD (& dyslexia) is being treated with stimulants and we usually give him daily fish oil supplements. School is also providing accommodations that are very helpful. Recently, he has seemed more anxious about a variety of school-related issues and he has been sleeping poorly. I'm wondering if CBT is an approach that could help him, both to talk through anxieties and to learn to manage his impuses better. He is definitely pretty impulsive although he is less hyperactive.
If your child with ADHD has gone to CBT, how did you find a therapist? Would you recommend your therapist to work with a lower elementary aged child? |
Anonymous
| 7 yrs old may be too young to try CBT - mostly because as a therapy it requires full participation by the "patient". Don't know about you but my very anxious ADHD DS was nowhere articulate enough at that age to really participate and get a lot out of it. We tried it twice, once again at age 10 and he still wasn't really ready to open up and participate even at that age. But every kid is different. If your DS is fully wiling and able to participate, then give it a shot. |
Anonymous
| Some therapists also work on developing executive function skills. Kids will bring backpacks/planners/homework in with them and learn to organize, plan, chunk assignments in addition to some of the CBT skills that help with negative thinking, ridigity, etc. In our experience, it’s all about finding the right therapist fit. But yes, my kid found therapy helpful at that age. |
Anonymous
| Could you recommend the therapist that worked on EF skills and organizing/planning in addition to helping with negative thinking and rigidity? |