What is ADHD?
ADHD is a medical condition and it stands for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. A child who has ADHD has differences in brain activity and future development which affects self-control, ability to pay attention or remain still. If left alone, ADHD can negatively affect a child at home, with his friends or in school.
As parents, we may not be aware of the difference in our parenting styles from that of a child and the more you are aware of the differences, the more you will see the flaws in your own parenting and adjustments you may need to make. Since so many of the same issues are involved in ADHD and atopic dermatitis, I’m going to address some parenting tips for ADHD kids at every age.
As a parent, how can you tell if your child has ADHD?
First, recognize the signs that your child has attention deficit disorder and start working on ways to treat it. Parents who are unaware of these problems aren’t prepared to provide the support and motivation needed to raise a child who suffers from these conditions. Children who suffer from attention deficit disorder often feel that they are failures because they are unable to participate in the typical activities of children their age. Since so many ADHD children and parents are only recently diagnosed, many of them think that ADHD is something that can be treated or “cured.”
The first thing you need to understand is that Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is a lifelong condition. This means that if you’re raising a child who suffers from this condition, you need to do something to help him cope with the problem as an adult. You need to start with self-care, so you can support him throughout his life.
Parenting Tips for ADHD kids at every age includes learning how to manage their stress, change the way they talk, and practice proper nutrition to support good health. By providing your child with healthier food choices, he can learn to control his appetite, which can cause overeating, particularly in the form of food cravings.
We have learned that teaching math can be difficult and challenging for kids with ADHD
With these 5 important tips for teaching math to ADHD kids is a guideline to help you ensure that you do to teach your child math skills in a structured way, while not neglecting the actual learning process.
- To start, make sure that you do develop an interest in math. There are many math related activities that you can do together. Make sure that they are fun activities and not boring or monotonous tasks. This will help them feel excited about learning math.
- Next, let them know what they need to do. Make sure that they understand what they need to do to complete the activity. They may need to take notes, make a diagram, or use a calculator. Explain to them how these activities will help them learn. Let them know what you expect from them.
- Then, set clear rules for math. Explain to them what the rules are. Make sure that they understand and agree to the rules before they begin to do the math-related activity. This will also help their confidence when they are doing the math work. Explain to them why it is OK to use methods that they find easier rather than math work that they find harder.Let them know that they need to put together multiple pieces of information for themselves before they can do the math work. Explain to them that they need to be able to compare and contrast before they can complete the math activities. This helps them to keep track of everything that they are doing in their learning process.
- Now, if you are going to actually do the math based learning activity then there are several things that you need to follow. The first thing that you should do is to assign a specific number to each of the objects and the steps. The object should be used to demonstrate the step by doing something with it. This will help to train your child to associate the math concept with the object.For example, he might be able to do an addition by writing it down on a piece of paper or putting a stack of papers together in a sequence. It’s important to have an instructor make the math-related activity memorable for your child so that he can remember it over again as he does this activity. For example, if you are working on word problems then your child may try to remember the pictures associated with the words.
- The fifth tip for teaching math related works is to have a series of small scales that can be used to relate the math concepts to the objects. For example, if your child puts a number into a scale then he should be able to do a figure. Using small scales as a way to relate the math concepts can help them stay on task. Of course, the small scale that is most effective is one that is easy to read but difficult to see from the ground. You want to use a scale that the child can easily read but a scale that is also difficult to see from the ground.
If you can get a child to understand the right scale for the math concept then it will help him to remember it easily and the scale that is easy to see from the ground. The same idea can be applied to the size of the numbers. You want to keep it small until he has a math-related scale that he can look at and identify the numbers.
You have to be patient as it is a continuous learning journey for kids with ADHD
Once you have an understanding of the math-related activities that will help to teach your child math, you can then teach the math activities in a structured way. This helps them learn math the right way. This way, you won’t need to give them lots of math-related activities because they will understand them. These five tips for teaching math to kids with ADHD are a great place to start when helping them learn math in a structured way.
Remember that as a parent, one of the best things that you can do for your child with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is to love them. Remember, we can’t help the problems of our genes.