Does someone know how to get the attention of a two years old to look at your face, some tips or Tc used by?

Question

ADHD Child, speeh delay...

Answer 1

Kneel or sit on the floor so your face and eyes are near theirs. Say encouraging things when they look away, don't scold. Remind him gently, "Mommy wants to see your pretty eyes" or "Mommy wants to see your cute face". If he doesn't respond, repeat until he does. A speech delay, while difficult to deal with, doesn't mean he can't understand you. He just was a little later in talking, not uncommon in ADD and ADHD children.
If he tries to run off, put him up in a chair or sofa, and still stay at eye level. Turn off TVs and radios so that there is less distractions. Make sure you remain patient and calm, yelling scares children. Count to ten, walk away and come back later, do whatever you have to if you feel yourself loosing patience. I do this a lot :-)

Answer 2

Newer educational studies are showing that some kids don't respond to demanded eye contact. It can prevent them from concentrating, as ieye contact is threatening to them. Although this is obvious, consistent behavior in autistic children, it is seen as more and more common in slightly delayed and ADHD children. So forcing a child to make eye contact with you before you speak may actually be what is preventing him from hearing what you say.

I'm no expert, but it might be worth trying other ways of getting your child's attention. you might find he reponds better if he's allowed to look at a specific picture on the wall or in a book, or hold a specific item in his hand. One friend of mine has a listening spot in each room of her house, and they are all equipped with a soft toy her son is comforted by. She says, "I need you to go to your listening spot," and he goes, picks up his toy, and settles down. He may or may not make eye contact with her, but she still has his attention.

Anyhow, just make sure you're not demanding eye contact because you think that's how he should listen. He truly might listen better if he didn't have to look in your eyes.

Answer 3

My son is extremely active. I swear I gave birth to the energizer baby. When he gets too active, I simply kneel down eye level, put his little cheeks in my hands and then tell him to look at my eyes. Then I tell him what I need him to do. What's funny is after a while, if he feels I'm not listening, he'll put my cheeks in his hands and say "look my eye mommy..." So they get the point.

Answer 4

my son (11) is ADHD... get eye level, when you talk to him, keep it short and clear...dont give a whole bunch of explanations, his age and the adhd will be hard for him to handle too much info.. and when he gets older, make him repeat what you say

Answer 5

make sure you are on there level so that they dont have to look up to see you and remove distractions i.e make sure the tv is off.

Answer 6

Get on the child's level and touch him and say his name. Say, "I need your eyes" or "eyes on me" then.