ADHD is a developmental disorder that mainly shows symptoms of distraction, hyperactivity, and difficulty in controlling their behavior. Because of these symptoms, it can cause adjustment problems in children and adolescents at school, affect their academic success and cause various social problems. ADHD is seen at a rate of 5% in our country.
In some children, symptoms of attention deficit are more prominent, while in some children, symptoms of hyperactivity and inability to control their behavior can be seen more prominently.
Findings related to attention deficit:
-Can’t keep attention for a long time,
-Can’t pay attention to details and make careless mistakes,
-Attention like homework, reading Avoidance of demanding tasks,
-Forgetting daily chores and losing belongings easily
Findings related to Mobility-Impulsivity:
-Difficulty sitting in the same place for a long time,
– Often fidgeting, running or climbing,
– Talking a lot, interrupting others, interrupting,
S- constipated and having difficulty waiting for one’s turn
ADHD treatment If it is not done, it negatively affects the school life of the child and young person, reduces the success of the course below the expected level, and causes social problems.
The most effective treatment in ADHD is drug therapy. In addition, making social and behavioral arrangements, informing and training the family and the teacher, and individual and supportive interviews with the child are very important in treatment.
Suggestions for families of children with ADHD:
Families should not forget that children with ADHD have great difficulty in organizing, planning and maintaining their attention, so families should cooperate and help children in these matters. Behavioral problems arise not because the child wants it, but because he cannot prevent himself.
Main points for parents to consider:
Make eye contact when communicating with the child or adolescent, try to use short and clear expressions,
Consistent as parents when setting rules for children and adolescents be clear, set the rules clearly and precisely and try to support it with your actions,
When giving responsibilities or duties, make sure you are understood and give complex tasks in a certain order,
Help while doing homework, first by setting the environment; Make sure that there are no distracting devices such as televisions, tablets, make sure that the working environment is simple and that there are no distracting objects,
Be patient while working together, make sure that you do not get bored by taking a break,
Keep a notebook, teach him that he can write down things that he can forget, cooperate with his teacher for homework and responsibilities,
Try to prepare an environment for him to move around the house and give him the opportunity,
Make sure to record it in a sport or artistic activity and follow it, progress and support their success.
Suggestions to Teachers of children with ADHD:
Have the student sit close to you, make eye contact frequently while speaking, help to refocus when you feel distracted,
Be careful to sit them away from the areas where they are in, try to keep the classroom environment neat and simple,
Reinforce the student’s positive behaviors by emphasizing, try to stay calm in their negative behaviors,
Children with ADHD cannot be easily kept under control. They often try to move, ask the student for help with tasks that require physical movement in the classroom. Thus, the student learns to use his energy in useful works.
Help student get organized, allow extra time on some tasks. Try to repeat the responsibilities you have given often,
Students have difficulty in following the rules, create a rule list and hang it in the class, try to guide it appropriately,
Help them take notes for their homework and other responsibilities,
Try to give complex and difficult assignments section by section, tell them by simplifying the instructions, allow them to take notes,
Keep in touch with parents, inform the family about the deficiencies of the students. Refer family to seek professional help when needed.
