We all know kids who can’t sit still, who never seem to listen, who blurt out inappropriate comments, or don’t follow instructions no matter how clearly you present them.
While it’s normal for kids to forget their homework, daydream during class or act without thinking, inattention, impulsivity and hyperactivity are also signs of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD.
ADHD makes it difficult for a person to inhibit their spontaneous responses, including everything from movement to speech to assertiveness. Some children with ADHD may be constantly in-motion, bouncing off the walls and disrupting others around them. Other children with ADHD may sit quietly, with their attention miles away.
There are three primary characteristics of ADHD: Inattentiveness, hyperactivity and impulsivity, though all three aren’t always prominent in one child.
Children with ADHD may:
- Have trouble staying focused or get easily distracted
- Appear not to be listening when spoken to
- Constantly fidget and squirm
- Talk excessively
- Act without thinking
- Interrupt often, or say the wrong thing at the wrong time
- Have a quick temper or “short fuse”
Whether or not your child’s symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity are due to ADHD, they can cause problems if left untreated. Children who can’t focus or control themselves or get into trouble at school often find it hard to make friends. These frustrations can later lead to low self-esteem as well as friction for the whole family.
Treatment can make a dramatic difference in your child’s symptoms. With the right support, your child can get on track for success in all areas of life.
Counseling can help your child not only make it through school but the rest of their lives!
Through counseling you and your child will learn to manage and master their ADHD! There is always a way to address what your child faces and learn how help now and in the future.
Are you struggling in college?
Sometimes it feels like you don’t know your place in this world or why you’re here? That’s just an awful feeling; it will continue to go to bed with you and be there when you wake up, as you struggle with your ADHD in college.
Are you struggling with getting to class on time? Are you failing classes not because you’re not intelligent but because you can’t sit and study for tests? Maybe studying isn’t the issue, maybe it’s your lack of focus while in the test.
These are not just college related issues. Although it seems like once you get out of school you won’t have to deal with it, however the working world is largely similar, the results are just more grave. Consistent unemployment. Continually being asked to leave jobs, or being fired.
Counseling can help you change your life forever and help you fully understand your strengths, skirt weaknesses, adapt so that you don’t have to get stuck because of ADHD again. You will feel fulfilled, centered, confident and have a self-efficacy. No matter what struggles you are coping with, it is never too late to change your course and develop the necessary strategies to leave yesterday’s problems behind in order to realize tomorrow’s successes.