ADHD Management Support
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) is, undoubtedly, one of the most widespread neurodevelopmental disorders of childhood. Diagnosed first in childhood, it often lasts into adulthood.
Well, it’s quite normal for children to struggle with problems focusing and behaving at one time or the other. However, kids with ADHD don’t just grow out of these problems and behaviours. The symptoms can be severe and can lead to difficulty at home, school or with friends.
What does a child with ADHD do? He or she
- Has Uncontrollable Hyper Active Behavior
- Forgets or loses things a lot
- Fidgets or squirms
- Too talkative
- Takes unnecessary risks or makes careless mistakes
- Can’t resist their temptations
- has trouble taking turns
- Faces problem in getting along with others
Signs and Symptoms of an ADHD CHILD
The symptoms of ADHD in children and teenagers are well defined and they’re usually noticeable before the age of 6. They occur in more than one situation such as at home and at school.
Inattentiveness
Restricted or Repetitive Behaviours or Interests
- Having a short attention span and being easily distracted
- Making careless mistakes – for example, in schoolwork
- Appearing forgetful or losing things
- Being unable to stick to tasks that are tedious or time-consuming
- Appearing to be unable to listen to or carry out instructions
- Constantly changing activity or task
- Having difficulty organising tasks
- Hyperactivity and impulsiveness
The main signs of hyperactivity and impulsiveness are:
- Being unable to sit still, especially in calm or quiet surroundings
- Constantly fidgeting
- Being unable to concentrate on tasks
- Excessive physical movement
- Excessive talking
- Being unable to wait their turn
- Acting without thinking
- Interrupting conversations
- little or no sense of danger
These symptoms can cause significant problems in a child’s life such as underachievement at school, poor social interaction with other children and adults, and problems with discipline.
If you notice problems in your child for a prolonged period of time, it is important to get him or her assessed for ADHD and get the support needed to help her overcome the challenge and achieve their personal and academic goals.
How we can help
- Our members of School Psychology India undergo a systematic approach to help impart skills one step at a time and come up with individualized instruction to address the unique challenges and strengths of each child.
- If you suspect that your child has ADHD or ADD, feel free to book an appointment with us by filling this form or sending an email to care@specialchild.in with your queries and basic information of your child. We will get back to you with a reply mail with information on the first appointment/consultation.
- On first consultation which is free, one of our experts will discuss about your child and his/her requirements and will decide on whether an assessment is required or not.
- If assessment is required, the expert will discuss the payment and time involved and fix a schedule for the first assessment.
- On the first assessment, we do a comprehensive assessment of your child’s ADHD / ADD using various time-tested strategies and methods to confirm the presence of the difficulty and to determine its intensity.
- Based on our assessment and evaluation, a second consultation (free of cost) will be scheduled and the report of the assessment will be discussed with much emphasis on what needs to be done and the parents will be given options which include self-training, IEP support, online mentoring support and counselling.
- Based on the parents’ requirement, a mentor is allotted to assist the child with the process.
- An IEP or Individualized Education Plan for the child will be designed by our special educators. The parent or teacher will be educated / trained on how to use the IEP effectively to train the child.
- At this juncture too, you can choose whether you want to self-coach or opt for trainer-assisted mentoring.
- Counselling is also an integral part of the process whereby our specialized child counselors offer the right support, guidance and advice as and when required by the parent, teacher or the child.
- All the components of the process including consultation, assessment, evaluation, IEP designing, coaching, training, mentoring and counselling will take place through the online platform. We will guide you from the beginning to the end and ensure your child is adequately trained to attain his/her personal and academic goals.
If you see any sign and symptom of ADHD / ADD in your child, contact us right away.
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- Assessment is a gathering of relevant information about an individual’s areas of strengths and challenges to determine whether he or she may have a disability or a disorder or a unique ability.
- Diagnosing ADHD/ADD in children depends on a set of strict criteria. To be diagnosed with ADHD, your child must have 6 or more symptoms of inattentiveness or 6 or more symptoms of hyperactivity and impulsiveness.
- We use informal academic assessment tests to identify the areas where child needs support. This includes child’s hyperactivity, impulsivity and inattentiveness.
- Email us at care@specialeducator.in or call us at 00 91 97 86 89 00 08 to schedule your first consultation and thereupon an assessment to identify the areas in which your child needs improvement.
- An IEP will include a list of objectives, secondary objectives, plan to achieve those objectives, interventions, and techniques to reach the set objective and alternatives to support contingencies.
- An Individualized Education Plan is a planned schedule of instructions for a child to attain certain objectives in a fixed period of time.
- Training for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can help relieve the symptoms and make the condition much less of a problem in day-to-day life.
- The assessment will provide us a list of areas where a child needs to improve and an IEP will be designed to plan a strategy to improvise those areas under a certain period. An IEP will include a list of objectives, secondary objectives, plan to achieve those objectives, interventions, and techniques to reach the set objective and alternatives to support contingencies.
- Email us at care@specialeducator.in or call us at 00 91 97 86 89 00 08 to schedule your first consultation and thereupon an assessment to identify the areas in which your child needs improvement through a well drafted IEP.
- Psychoeducation can help children and teenagers make sense of being diagnosed with ADHD and can help them to cope/ manage and live with the condition.
- If you choose to self-coach them, our experts will be happy to extend mentoring services which include weekly once interaction about the child’s work based on the IEP.
- Our mentors will provide you the tips and techniques to get the work done with your child.
- They will guide you in times of need and will help you work with your child.
- In mentoring, the experts will not be dealing with the child on a day-to-day basis while there will be scheduled sessions with parents like 2 or 4 sessions in a month.
- Assessment report and an IEP is needed to avail Mentoring services.
- Email us at care@specialeducator.in or call us at 00 91 97 86 89 00 08 to schedule your first consultation and thereupon avail our mentoring services.
- Behaviour management involves learning how to plan and structure activities and to praise and encourage children for even minor degrees of progress.
- Our experts will be able to coach your child offline on a day-to-day basis for a fixed amount of time at selected special child service centres.
- Email us at care@specialeducator.in or call us at 00 91 97 86 89 00 08 to schedule your first consultation and thereupon avail our mentoring services.
- If your child has ADHD, specially tailored parent training and education programmes can help you learn specific ways of talking to your child and playing and working with them to improve their attention and behaviour.
- Counselling is a type of service that aims to provide the necessary knowledge, tools, guidance, and especially support to parents without bias or judgment.
- The child needs to be encouraged and his/her ego should be strengthened enough so that the child can understand and manage his/her difficulties.
- Email us at care@specialeducator.in or call us at 00 91 97 86 89 00 08 to schedule your first consultation and thereupon avail our mentoring services.