“When you start a child on ADHD medication, you should see substantial improvement very quickly, even with the first dose,” says Dr. Eide. If the improvement in behavior is marginal, despite trying several medications at various doses, it’s a clear signal to start looking for conditions ...
David Sedaris: he too was an obsessive-compulsive child. I would rather have in common with him a list of successful books but (for now) I’ll live with this. As humorous as I find Sedaris’s accounts of his obsessive-compulsive behavior, the disorder can be difficult for the sufferer a...
It’s called behavior therapy— a series of techniques to improve parenting skills and a child’s behavior. But how does behavioral therapy work? Try ADHD Behavioral Therapy First “When I first diagnose a child with ADHD, I tell the parents they need to learn behavior techniques, whether I...
Because OCD and COVID-19 share so many similarities, the way that parents help their children and adolescents who have been diagnosed with OCD navigate the crisis created by COVID-19 can have the added benefit of helping them learn to more effectively cope with OCD symptoms. The skills that...
an upcoming study, Dr. Fitzgerald uses a cognitive training video game to exercise brain circuits for cognitive control before patients even begin EX/RP therapy. "We hope this pre-therapy training will exercise the brain to help children respond more fully to EX/RP so they can overcome OCD."...
child or adult with ADHD has. Hence, whilst medication might help with some immediate relief from some of the symptoms, the individual with attention deficit disorder still usually needs to learn from the skills necessary to be successful while living with the disorder. Here, fromVKool.com, ...
your child with other children who may be bullying them. This way, your child will not look like a tattletale, but an adult can still flag bullying behavior. Your child’s teachers can also make sure not to pair your child with another child who may be bullying them on school projects....
How to Deal With an Elder’s Abusive Behavior Try explaining how their behavior makes you feel. However, many caregivers don’t get very far by talking. If the abuse is verbal or emotional, help them realize how much you do for them by stepping back for a while. If your loved one req...
How to Help a Child with Disruptive Echolalia as Stimming The key to stopping echolalia that is self-stimulatory is to figure out why it’s happening. If the child is stimming with echolalia because he is stressed out, see if you can find alternative ways to de-stress the child. This may...
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