| ADHD experts tells us that the most effective method | | | | Children with ADHD often need more sleep than other |
| of treatment is a combination of medication and | | | | kids. Their bodies need more time to recharge and |
| behavior therapy. Yet despite these recommendations, | | | | refresh. It's just the simple. Help your child get the sleep |
| I meet an awful lot of parents who have no interest in | | | | he or she needs. |
| using medication to treat their son or daughter's | | | | Neurofeedback |
| condition. In fact, one of the most frequently asked | | | | The jury is still out on it's effectiveness, but many |
| questions I get asked has to do with finding | | | | people have found success with using neurofeedback |
| non-medication approaches. | | | | to treat ADHD. The focus is on helping an individual |
| 7 Non-Medication Approaches To Treating ADHD | | | | understand their brainwaves and brain function, and |
| Diet | | | | learning methods to manage what brain activity |
| There is a great deal of concern, and controversy, | | | | happens during certain tasks. |
| over whether or not certain food additives and dyes | | | | Strategies |
| contribute to ADHD. There is no evidence to suggest | | | | Strategies are really nothing more than shortcuts. If |
| they cause ADHD, but they can make the symptoms | | | | you want to help a child with ADHD, you are only as |
| appear worse. Focus on eating a more healthy diet | | | | good as the tricks, tools, and resources that you have |
| with less sugar, and more protein. | | | | available to you. There are life strategies, relationship |
| Exercise | | | | strategies, study skills (aka strategies). It's really |
| Believe it or not, but exercise is a strategy for | | | | unlimited. |
| managing symptoms of ADHD. We all need it, but | | | | Working Memory Training |
| children with ADHD can benefit from getting rid of their | | | | Here's another activity that might seem counter intuitive |
| stored up energy. For the record, I am not suggesting | | | | for a child. Working memory training is really all about |
| that exercise will cure it or make it go. | | | | using your brain and developing new pathways and |
| Relaxation | | | | strategies to retain information. Typically you focus on |
| This might seem rather impossible for a child with | | | | problem solving and strategies to sharpen the brain. |
| ADHD, especially considering the hyperactivity and | | | | Some of these are rather basic. In fact, many of them |
| impulsivity, but it's critical. These children will benefit | | | | are not groundbreaking approaches to managing |
| tremendously from slowing down and weeding out | | | | ADHD. But that's the beauty of these approaches. |
| distractions. It's a way to recharge, particularly with so | | | | They are real, they are proven, and you can begin |
| many demands on our kids today. | | | | implementing many of them almost immediately. |
| Sleep | | | | |