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Top 5 Things to Tell Your ADHD Child

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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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Minor dull ache altering between the two testicles, accompanying a change in diet. Potential causes?

admin — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:49:01 +0000

I have made a big change in diet in the last week and a half. I made a large cutdown on refined sugar and soft drinks, and been eating healthier, and I started taking multivitamin and magnesium pills (300) every day, the latter of which I’ve never taken before. Sudden change in nutrition intake seems like a likely cause.

I am also having a flu right now, and had taken flu medication, which are likely to have caused me dehydration. The only other time I’ve felt this was when I took a psychostimulant for ADHD, which also has a dehydration effect, but also causes a change in blood flow/pressure and heart-rate. It seems to me like hydration is also a likely cause.

It could be those things, combined with uncomfortable sitting/clothing habits.

The testicles look fine, and feel fine. (None of the other known testicle disease symptoms apply as far as I can tell) They’re pretty ‘loose’, but I’m not sure if they’re abnormally so. There is no actual ‘pain’ to speak of; just a minor discomfort, and it alternates between the two, so it doesn’t seem to be an actual problem with the testicles themselves.

What are the known causes of such a problem? Thanks in advance.

Make sure that you are hydrated all the time.
The pain in your testicles can have many causes:one of them being:did you not masturbate enough:causing blue balls?
And if you think it is due to sitting habits?
Change the way you sit.
That applies also to uncomfortable clothes.
Colors

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