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Should My Child Be Assessed for ADHD?
A Reader Asks:
How do I determine if my child should be assessed for ADHD?
Respect Effect Mom Answers:
I refer folks looking for the definitive checklist for ADHD and ODD to the DSM-IV for ADHD, and for ODD. These make it very simple to determine if one’s child should be assessed.
In addition, here are some unofficial red flag ADHD alerts you rarely hear mentioned:
• As infants often appear colicky and easily over-stimulated.
• Always chewing on something, sleeves, collars, something.
• Often late to talk and toilet train.
• Often appear to have speech and hearing problems.
• Chronic interrupting.
• Lack of eye contact, especially during introductions.
• Rarely sit through an entire meal without getting up and running around for one thing or another.
• Trouble with telling the truth.
• Trouble with taking things that don’t belong to them.
• Often the loner - on the playground, in the neighborhood.
• May pretend to have friends, but few peers seek them out.
• Noncompliance - either outright defiance or just passive noncompliance with adult requests.
• Wade-through-the-room type clutter.Your child may very well have ADHD and have all or none of these signs. Some of the items listed are signs of ODD (65% of children with ADHD develop it). However, we have found them to be good indicators that it’s time to look closer for the cause.
If now is a good time to get your child’s attitude and behavior under control, I invite you to use these parenting tips to get started. If you want more tips, I invite you to claim your free report “Seven Simple Ways to Motivate Your Child to Listen to You!” You can download it when you sign up at http://www.AdhdParentingTips.com It explains the methods I used to transform my son’s ADHD/ODD behavior from out-of-control to almost normal in 3 weeks. You also get 3 free videos: “How To Prevent Temper Tantrums.” The sooner you start this, the easier it is to help your child. You CAN do this.
From Debra Sale Wendler - Respect Effect Mom and Respect Effect Parenting at http://www.AdhdParentingSuccess.com
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Sincerely yours in parenting success,
Debra Sale Wendler
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