ADHD medications affect children's appetites. Here's how to manage this The Conversation Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) impacts the ability to maintain attention to tasks. Often, it also involves impulsive behavior—saying or doing things without stop...
talk to a pediatric health care provider. Underlying conditions, like ADHD, may interfere with your child's ability to manage impulsive behavior, but treatment
We usually expect a child will respond to consequences—loss of privileges or losing a parent’s trust—in a way that makes him uncomfortable, which will lead the child to change his behavior. The problem is, ODD kids will stand there while parents are addressing an issue or concern, and...
But if we can feel like victims of our problems, we can also feel like victims of our emotions. The key here is learning to regulate emotions. When our emotions take over, our rational brains literally shut down, making problem-solving impossible; it’s easy to make impulsive decisions and...
Impulsive behavior: Some adults are impulsive or engage in risky behaviors — like unsafe sexual practices. Disordered eating: Using food to try and cope with past trauma and regain a sense of control isn’t uncommon. The Impact of Childhood Trauma on Adults ...
Procrastination is a habit – a deeply ingrained pattern of behavior. This means that you probably can't break it overnight. Habits only stop being habits when you avoid practicing them, so try as many of the strategies, below, as possible to give yourself the best possible chance of succee...
Having a constant negative self-image, engaging in self-harming behavior, making risky or impulsive choices, and a plethora of mood swings or intense emotions – mix it all together, and you have a perfect recipe for a tumultuous anddisastrous relationship. ...
Montessori believes that in the right environment, children are eager to learn, and want to do well. As Montessori educators, we believe it is not our role to micro-manage children, but to provide just the right amount of scaffolding and support they need to do their best work, and to ...
We all feel emotions, both negative or positive, on a daily basis. As children, most of us typically learn how to manage, express, and cope with these emotions in a healthy way. For some people though, including those with BPD,emotion regulationis much more difficult, sometimes due painful...
Symptoms of ADHD can often be misunderstood by others as defiance, disinterest, and a general sense of aloofness and forgetfulness. It is important that both children and adults diagnosed with ADHD learn appropriate coping skills in order to manage the symptoms. Equally important is that individuals...