I have a six year old son and he is showing signs of having Attention Deficit Disorder(ADD). Although he really needs the help now and I realize that going through the process can take weeks even months to find the right medication. I realize that if I do choose to put him on medication it will take a while to find the correct brand and dosage. How can I help him concentrate with out having to put him through the process of getting him on medication?
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My 7 yr old son has ADD and we have tackled many obstacles so far in this journey. However, we have run across one I can't seem to resolve. He isn't aware of time/deadlines. We have to constantly stay on him to get dressed for school, or eat breakfast faster, etc. He get up in plenty of time to take care of these things. And we get as much ready the night before so that doesn't drag us down. But if he doesn't want to get dressed in the mornings, he'll just lay there. Any other time, I could handle the situation with other tactics. But considering we HAVE to be out the door by a certain time to catch the bus, this is a great problem. Now he is taking his precious time to get out of the van and get on the bus. The past two mornings the other children in our car pool have already gotten on the bus, found a seat, and the bus driver was STILL waiting for my son to get on the bus. How can I get him to do the things that have to be done in a timely manner without WWIII breaking out every morning? I don't want us to leave each other in the mornings with feeling hurt and dissapointments.
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My son is in 5th grade and has ADHD. Despite the fact that he is on medication, we still have problems with homework. The biggest problem is his anger towards doing homework and his frustration when he doesn't get the answer immediately. He wants to be a good student and he gets good grades - but he does fights us every day about doing his homework. We spend more time fighting than doing at times and my other son is picking up on this behavior and doing it as well. I feel at his grade level he needs to do his homework on his own. I am available if he needs guidance -but only if he is really stuck - not giving up because it is too hard. We have a system of when to do homework and to chunk down large projects or take breaks but it doesn't seem to work. Do I let him fail and not turn in his homework? Should I have other consequences for not doing his homeowrk? Or should I have a reward system?
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