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By Dr. Lara Honos-Webb

 

The way you talk to your child can profoundly impact his or her behavior, motivation and ability to pay attention. One of the key strategies parents can use is to find and focus on  your child’s gifts. The best way to get improvements in areas of concern is to adopt a coaching approach. This means that you use frequent reminders of desired behaviors. It also means you give explanations for why they should use these desired behaviors. This is in sharp contrast to how most parents communicate with their ADHD child, “How many times do I have to tell you not to mouth off to your teachers?”  Here are five examples of things you can say to coach your child to better performance in school:

 

1. “It’s ok to ask lots of questions, it shows your curiosity, problem solving ability and leadership. You will be more effective in getting the outcomes you want if you use a tone and style that shows your respect for your teacher.”

 

2.  “Your teachers work hard to give you the best education and they care a lot about you, I want you to show respect and appreciation for their hard work.”

 

3. “When you can sit still in class, remember that you can be the boss of your body. If you take a couple deep breathes and remind yourself to calm down you can take control.”

 

4. “The best way to get your teacher to support you is to look at her and listen when she talks.”

 

5. “Remember that the harder you try, the smarter you get. You can build your brain by working hard.”

 

Lara Honos-Webb, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist licensed in California. She is author of The Gift of ADHD and Listening to Depression: How Understanding Your Pain Can Heal Your Life which was selected by Health Magazine as one of the best therapy books of 2006. The Gift of ADHD Activity Book: 101 Ways To Transform Problems into Strengths and The Gift of Adult ADD were released in 2008.  Her work has been featured in Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, The Chicago Tribune and Publisher’s Weekly, ivillage.com, msn.com, abcnews.com as well as newspapers across the country and local and national radio and television. Her books have over 125,000 copies in print. The American Psychiatric Association included the Gift of ADHD (2005) in its recommended reading list in their “ADHD Parents Medication Guide.” She specializes in the treatment of ADHD and depression and the psychology of pregnancy and motherhood; she speaks regularly on her areas of expertise. Honos-Webb completed a two-year postdoctoral research fellowship at University of California, San Francisco, and has been an assistant professor teaching graduate students. She has published more than 25 scholarly articles.

 

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This is the concluding part of Robert Morley’s Documentary which lends insight into the life of a person living with A.D.H.D
We go into the medicine’s involved in treating A.D.H.D, and go into alternate treatments to curb aggressive behaviors.
Film Copyright Robert Morley.

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Natures Plus - Adult-Active Tablets 60

Adult-Active is a precisely calibrated nutritional supplement designed for the active adult. Each tablet supplies a complete profile of the most advanced neuronutrients available. Providing a diversified, highly specialized combination of standardized ginkgo biloba, phosphatidylserine, DMAE and activated soy phosphatides, each Adult-Active tablet is a state-of-the art nutritional supplement. Note: Nature’s Plus recommends that any person buying Adult-Active or any other product sold by Nature’s Plus should not make any representations that the products treat or mitigate ADHD, unless, at the time the representation is made, there is competent and reliable scientific evidence that substantiates the representation.

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Eating for Autism

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August 7, 2007 (Insidermedicine) From London - There are concerns that the foot and mouth disease in England is spreading. A second cow, located 2 miles from where the first infected cow was located, has tested positive for the virus. A British authority revealed that up to 50 cows on the second farm appear to be showing signs of the highly contagious disease.

From France - More good news for coffee drinkers. Women over 65 who drink 3 or more drinks of caffeinated coffee or tea are 33% less likely to have a decline in cognitive function, as measured by memory and thinking tests. Sorry guys, but no beneficial affect was noted on men.

Back to London - Alzheimer’s drugs may eventually help those with glaucoma. Research in mice show that death of cells in the back of the eye that is seen in glaucoma may be related to the accumulation of beta-amyloid- the protein that causes the plaques seen in Alzheimer’s disease. And drugs that are used to treat Alzheimer’s may be “neuro-protective” in those with glaucoma.

And finally from Bethesda,
Two new studies suggest that attention deficit disorder may be linked to problems with the neurotransmitter dopamine. One study showed that children with ADHD who had a mutation in a dopamine receptor gene has favorable brain MRI changes over time- suggesting a favorable prognosis. The other showed disruption of the dopamine system in adults with the condition.

For Insidermedicine in 60, I’m Dr. Susan Sharma.

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Natures Plus - Pedi-Active Chewable 60

Pedi-Active is a precisely calibrated formula designed for the active child. Each naturally sweetened, delicious chewable tablet supplies a complete profile of the most advanced neuronutrients available, including a diversified combination of phosphatidylserine, DMAE and activated soy phosphatides. Pedi-Active is a state-of-the art nutritional supplement that naturally complements an active child’s delicate system. Note: Nature’s Plus recommends that any person buying Pedi-Active or any other product sold by Nature’s Plus should not make any representations that the products treat or mitigate ADHD, unless, at the time the representation is made, there is competent and reliable scientific evidence that substantiates the representation.

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The Vaccine-Autism Connection

( Part 2 of 4 )

Dr. Rashid Buttar, DO, FAAPM, FACAM, FAAIM

Dr. Rashid Buttar discusses the vaccine-autism link in terms of mercury toxicity and the biological aspects of mercury poisoning and autism.

Dr. Buttar practices in Charlotte, NC where he is the medical director of Advanced Concepts in Medicine, a clinic specializing in treating cancer, heart disease and other chronic conditions in patients refractory to conventional treatments, with a special emphasis on the interrelationship between metal toxicity and insidious disease processes.

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http://www.autismmedia.org/

http://www.whale.to/vaccines.html

http://www.drbuttar.com/

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Natures Plus - Pedi-Active Chewable 120

Pedi-Active is a precisely calibrated formula designed for the active child. Each naturally sweetened, delicious chewable tablet supplies a complete profile of the most advanced neuronutrients available, including a diversified combination of phosphatidylserine, DMAE and activated soy phosphatides. Pedi-Active is a state-of-the art nutritional supplement that naturally complements an active child’s delicate system. Note: Nature’s Plus recommends that any person buying Pedi-Active or any other product sold by Nature’s Plus should not make any representations that the products treat or mitigate ADHD, unless, at the time the representation is made, there is competent and reliable scientific evidence that substantiates the representation.

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The Genius of Dr. Linus Pauling

The world’s only 2 time unshared Nobel Prize winner, Dr. Linus Pauling, stated “You can trace every sickness, every disease and every ailment to a mineral deficiency.” Dr. Linus Pauling practiced this personally and lived to the age of 93 (Feb 28, 1901 - Aug 19, 1994). He was awarded a Nobel in Chemistry for his work on the nature of chemical bonds, and the Nobel Peace Prize for his work against nuclear testing. Linus Pauling was considered to be the father of molecular biology, implementing the science of Quantum Mechanics with that of biology. Genius quite often operates outside the popular ingrained beliefs of society, and is often not recognized as being genius until many years, decades, or even centuries later. “It takes one to know one.” Linus Pauling talked of nutrients (especially vitamin C, niacin and lysine) being used in high dosages as being the prevention and cure for many mental and physical disorders/diseases (heart disease, schizophrenia), but much of the scientific & medical community in those days were not able to step outside their chemical pharmaceutical beliefs. Even now, over 40 years later, this information is still largely rejected. It is however slowly gaining acceptance. The abundance of health foods stores, and the massive growth in sales of organic foods displays this quite clearly. People are finally becoming aware that there is a reason degenerative disease rates are continuously rising, and that it’s largely due to malnutrition.

Ortho-Molecular
“Ortho” means “correct” or “right” and a “molecule” is “the smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties of the substance and is composed of one or more atoms”. So “orthomolecular” means “correct molecule”, and the correct molecules that are being referred to are nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, amino acids, antioxidants, enzymes, essential fatty acids, etc.

Orthomolecular Medicine
Orthomolecular medicine is the practice of preventing and treating disease by providing the body with optimal amounts of substances which are natural to the body, quite often in megadoses exceeding the “normal” recommended daily dosage. The purpose is to restore the optimum environment of the body by correcting imbalances and/or deficiencies.

Organic Materials
It’s important to stress that this is not referring to the use of the artificial inorganic chemically produced vitamins that are so popular in stores nowadays. This refers to natural organic supplements “normally found in the body”. Organic matter is something that has been derived from living things, and contains carbon, or is carbon-bond.

Orthomolecular Psychiatry
Orthomolecular psychiatry is simply the use of “the right molecules in the right amounts” to help prevent and treat mental and emotional disorders such as ADHD, alcoholism, Alzheimer’s Disease, anxiety, autism, bipolar disorder, depression, drug addiction, hyperactivity, retardation, schizophrenia, and senility. This provides the optimal molecular environment for the mind.

Bodily Needs
Nutrients, vitamins, minerals, amino acids, essential fatty acids, enzymes, co-enzymes, antioxidants, phytochemicals, etc. are absolutely required in order for the body to function properly. Minerals are largely obtained from the foods we eat, and the mineral content of our foods depends upon the mineral content of the soil that it’s grown in. So if our soils are depleted of minerals from the use of chemicals, so are our foods, and so are our bodies in turn. If our processed machine-made food is inorganic, that doesn’t supply the body with what it needs either. If the body doesn’t receive all of the proper raw materials that it needs, health problems and degenerative diseases are sure to follow. Many of the “foods” we buy in the grocery store today are severely lacking in nutrients and/or they contain harmful contaminants.

A natural organic body requires natural organic things.
“Let food be your medicine, let medicine be your food.” - Hippocrates

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Natures Plus - Teen-Active Tablets 60

Teen-Active is a precisely calibrated formula designed for the active teenager. Each tablet supplies a complete profile of the most advanced neuronutrients available, including a diversified combination of St. John’s Wort, phosphatidylserine, DMAE and activated soy phosphatides, each Teen-Active tablet is a state-of-the art nutritional supplement that naturally complements the active teenager. Note: Nature’s Plus recommends that any person buying Teen-Active or any other product sold by Nature’s Plus should not make any representations that the products treat or mitigate ADHD, unless, at the time the representation is made, there is competent and reliable scientific evidence that substantiates the representation.

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