BEHAVIOR: Creating Productive Summer Experiences For An ADHD Child
Karen K. Lowry,RN and author of The Seventh Inning Sit: A Journey of ADHD, based in Medford, NJ can discuss ways parents can ensure a productive summer for children with ADHD, in light of the end of the academic year. “First, it’s important to incorporate consistent bed times into the structure of the day. Some children have co-existing disorders of anxiety which does impact going to sleep and staying asleep. The cycle of not enough sleep, and oppositional behavior appear to correlate. The academic component must be reinforced for every child in the summer ,due to the potential for regression. Only 30% of children with ADHD have no co-existing disorders. So in order to encourage the reading and math that is assigned by many schools to do over the summer, again structure comes into play. Choices are important for children when you are reinforcing academic activities that they would rather ignore.” News Contact: Jackie O’Neal ,onealmedia@live.com , +609 334 8621
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