| Understanding Attention Deficit Hyperactivity | | | | you suspect your child has ADHD, please seek |
| Disorder In Children: | | | | treatment immediately. |
| Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is | | | | Study showed that only a third of the children |
| one of the most common behavioral disorder that | | | | who have ADHD symptoms are being treated. If |
| affects an estimated 8% to 10% of school-age | | | | untreated, ADHD can ruin the future of your child. |
| children today. According to one study, almost 1 in | | | | He or she will likely to drop school, unable to |
| 10 children has ADHD. Besides being fidgety, | | | | make friends with others and unable to keep jobs. |
| restless and unable to concentrate, children who | | | | Don't let that happen to your child. It's easy to |
| suffer from ADHD will also experience difficulty | | | | identify ADHD kids from the normal energetic |
| sleeping. | | | | kids. Children who have ADHD will have |
| Some studies also show that ADHD sleep | | | | symptoms like unable to stay focused, unable to |
| disorders rank among the top ten cause why | | | | stay calm, unable to stay in a seat and often |
| some people can not sleep at night. Some people | | | | cause behavioral problems, they will cause trouble |
| with ADHD sleep disorders stay awake in bed for | | | | in school and at home. |
| two to three hours before they finally fall asleep. | | | | Typically, the medication for ADHD is with |
| The stress of not being able to sleep at ease can | | | | stimulants. When kids with ADHD treated with |
| trigger other forms of psychological and | | | | stimulants, they can make a better decision, they |
| physiological imbalance causing the sufferers to | | | | are not repulsive, they don't do risky behaviours |
| become prone to depression and other forms of | | | | such as drugs and drinks. So they actually have |
| mental problems. | | | | lower risk to be abusive than those kids who are |
| The bad thing is that many parents are hesitant | | | | not treated. |
| to seek help for their children who may have | | | | In addition to medication, strategy such as making |
| suffered from ADHD because they might blame | | | | tasks short-term, lot of reinforcements and |
| themselves for causing this type of behavioral | | | | having clear boundaries and consequences can |
| problem. But please understand that it is nobody | | | | help the child to learn to control his or her own |
| fault because the problem is inside the brain. If | | | | behaviour. |