ADD & teen boy

[Guest guest]

Hi there,

I have a 6 year old son who was diagnosed with ADD (not ADHD) 3 years

ago. It is true that he does have a hard time focusing and any little

distraction will throw him off task. I am open minded to medication,

but not until it is absolutely necessary for him to learn and focus in

school. Some things that have been beneficial for us so far include

holding him back 1 year to start him in kindergarten, I enrolled him in

a free ECI (early childhood intervention) class where the teachers

focused on his speech skills and went over the kindergarten course, but

it was a smaller group and karate/tae kwon do. This helped him to focus

and gave him a sense of pride/self esteem. The karate may be something

you want to try with your teenager if you haven't already. Quite a few

of my friends with boys also have had their sons diagnosed with ADD. I

think our society tries too hard to make every child learn the same way.

You may want to check out and see if he has any allergies- I believe

that getting the proper vitamins and nutrition variety through foods and

supplements are important. I recall something about the ability to

focus and Omega 3 fatty acids.

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I just started working on the ADD series again.

(Can you tell I have it? Or is that just being Moon

in Pisces?

Anyway, just tweeked it a bit to where I like the

first 4 parts.

 

Anyone interested can send a blank email to

 

coping-with-ADD

 

Ien in the Kootenays

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Different things work for different people.

To see what works for us send a blank email to

alexstory

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[Guest guest]

My friend has 2 kids with ADHD. Focusing is a big problem for them

She puts a dab of lemon essential oil on their shirt collars before

they go to school. She has noticed an improvement in their focus and

attitude.

 

Laura

 

, " Sharon Switzer "

<switzer@a...> wrote:

>

> Hi there,

> I have a 6 year old son who was diagnosed with ADD (not ADHD) 3

years

> ago. It is true that he does have a hard time focusing and any

little

> distraction will throw him off task. I am open minded to

medication,

> but not until it is absolutely necessary for him to learn and focus

in

> school. Some things that have been beneficial for us so far include

> holding him back 1 year to start him in kindergarten, I enrolled

him in

> a free ECI (early childhood intervention) class where the teachers

> focused on his speech skills and went over the kindergarten course,

but

> it was a smaller group and karate/tae kwon do. This helped him to

focus

> and gave him a sense of pride/self esteem. The karate may be

something

> you want to try with your teenager if you haven't already. Quite a

few

> of my friends with boys also have had their sons diagnosed with

ADD. I

> think our society tries too hard to make every child learn the same

way.

> You may want to check out and see if he has any allergies- I believe

> that getting the proper vitamins and nutrition variety through

foods and

> supplements are important. I recall something about the ability to

> focus and Omega 3 fatty acids.

>

>

>