My grandson is 3 and has ADHD what can I do know to help?

Question

Because of his inability to be still and focus he is quickley falling behind in his learning process. Learning ABC`s and colors . What can I do to try get him ready and able to start kindergarden with his age group. I don`t believe (unless totaly necessary) to hold him back a year . I don`t want to teach him to live as if he has a dissability because he tends to be a very smart boy. I need ways to catch his attention to learn these things. once I have his interest he will learn but getting his interest is the problem.

Answer 1

Find out what interests him. I worked with my son using art work to get through and teach as well as playing with him. My son also had conduct disorder and violent tendencies along with his ADHD and art therapy worked for a long time. In his early teens he had to go to treatment centers for anger management and now today he's 23 and is a sales associate for a major plastics corp. and doing fine. You just have to search, try, and have patience. Good luck it will be a long hard journey...but worth it.

Answer 2

Look - I have ADD and I didn't need any special educational resources - I managed to get myself a MA in history and I currently teach high school social studies. The worst thing you can do is treat him like he isn't a normal child. For the most part he might just need more time to do his homework because he will get distracted - so you need to keep on him to make sure he does his homework. As a percentage of the population people with ADD or more likely to achieve academically then those who don't. Just get him the stuff you would get a normal kid and keep on him when he gets distracted. Remember - even Einstien has learning disabilities and its hard to say he didn't turn out alright.

Good Luck!!!

Answer 3

I'm sorry, but your grandson should not have been diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 3. That is too young to determine attention deficit. All 3 year olds have the inability to attend and focus. I am a school psychologist and I evaluate 3 year olds and NONE of them attend for me!

Answer 4

i have adhd. when i had it no one new about it. i have learning difficulties but with a lot of love and attention i can do what he likes. i used to teach adhd chidren in a school in london. most of the perants just left them to do what they liked so they just needed attention i got one kid a grade c in science though help he also passed maths. i would encurage him to do things he likes rather than things he finds difficult ie. i found maths and englih hard so i did science and it. and i became a very respected it consultant and now i have just gone back to uni to do archaeology i am at the 13th best uni in the world now. so things can be done through incurragement please never call him lazy. look for school that look at behaver problems these are the best for education of people with dyslexia and adhd. like elliot school in london. there are lots around some people call them falier schools but trust me there not and they tend to have lots of lsas that go in to classes to help kids remember if a kid whants to learn they will if they dont there is nothingyou can do about it. just incurrage them. if you would like to talk more or if he needs a mentor i will be here. ted

Answer 5

Throwing Learning into Disorder

“In schools throughout the nation, children who are having problems with their academic work, their peers, their teachers, or their families are being labeled by the users of DSM as suffering from disorders that carry labels like Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Conduct Disorder, or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. These children may be placed in special classes, dismissed from school, or given medication. From prisons to child welfare agencies, DSM is shaping how we think about problems and determining who gets labeled as having a mental disorder.”
Professors Herb Kutchins & Stuart A. Kirk
Authors, Making Us Crazy, and DSM: The Psychiatric Bible and The Creation of Mental Disorders


In 1952, the American Psychiatric Association published its first Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), containing a list of 112 mental disorders. DSM-II, published in 1968, consisted of 163 disorders.

In 1980, the third edition, DSM-III, added 112 disorders, bringing the total to 224. Under the lucrative heading of “Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence,” 32 new mental disorders were added, including:

Attention Deficit Disorder
Developmental Reading Disorder
Developmental Arithmetic Disorder
Developmental Language Disorder
Developmental Writing Disorder
Developmental Articulation Disorder
Serious Reading Disorder
Written Expression Disorder
Mathematics Disorder
Spelling Disorder
Dr. Fred A. Baughman, Jr., has discovered and described real diseases. Finding no abnormality—no sign of disease—in children said to have ADD/ADHD and “learning disabilities,” he writes of them as “inventions, contrivances and fraud.”

Dr. Thomas Szasz, Professor of Psychiatry Emeritus, says, “The conventional definition of child psychiatry is that it is a medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental diseases that afflict children. From a sociological viewpoint, child psychiatry is a secular institution for regulating domestic relations. From my point of view, it is a form of child abuse.”

Answer 6

I was diagnosed with ADHD when I was a younger child and my mother took me to see a therapist. I now live with someone with Bipolar and she once had ADHD but it turned into Bipolar. If you don't do something soon, your child may wind up out of control and with Bipolar.
Samantha

Answer 7

www.raisingkids.co.uk/1_4/tod_fit01.asp

www.klis.com/chandler/pamphlet/adhd/What%20is%20ADHD.htm

These are two websites, however there are many more out there to help with information on ADHD. Go to askjeeves.com and type in ADHD with toddlers and it pulls up all kinds of information. or www.babycenter.com has a parenting site and forums where people who are dealing with the same issues get on and post things that they have tried that may even help you. good Luck

Answer 8

find some work shops,check with office of licensing and child care, they have all kinds of workshops for day care providers,my grandson was 3 when it was discovered he had it ,we had to go to counseling ,he had his and I had my own ,he was able to cope in school in special Ed. its best to get special Ed. now instead of waiting until he is in upper grades ,that way he can be tested and ready for regular class setting. Good Luck, God Bless and happy holidays