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Guidelines For Choosing A Treatment Program For A Teen With Add Or Adhd

Many adolescents who have been diagnosed same pace as other students. An effective
with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) or academic setting will acknowledge the
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder need for flexibility by maximizing
(ADHD) experience a number of behavioral accountability while allowing for
and academic problems that can limit differences in the speed of learning.
their success in interpersonal 4) Choose a treatment program with a low
relationships, school, and individual youth to staff ratio. Children with ADD
achievement. These adolescents may lack ADHD often require greater amounts of
self-control, have greater difficulty attention from adults and tend to act out
making friends and finding acceptance, be more when they don't receive it.
more likely to abuse substances, become Oppositional behavior resulting from
involved in delinquency, or experience insufficient amounts of attention can be
anxiety, mood, and behavioral disorders. diminished when there is enough adult
Most health care and psychological supervision to go around. Remember,
professionals agree that the best way to however, that the lower the
treat ADD/ADHD is with the use of both student-to-staff ratio, the higher the
medication and behavioral modification cost, so this factor must be balanced
techniques. The National Institute of with financial considerations.
Mental Health (NIMH) recently conducted a 5) Choose a treatment program that
study that found that children with ADD minimizes distractions. Many adolescents
ADHD who received both behavioral with ADD/ADHD have difficulty focusing on
treatment and individually tailored priorities which can result in many
medication had the greatest improvement partially completed projects and goals
in oppositional behavior academic and few accomplishments. The fewer the
outcomes. distractions and the greater the
Upon diagnosis, many children and expectation for accountability, the more
adolescents with this disorder are likely a teen is to make substantial
prescribed medication as a first attempt strides in personal growth and
to control the symptoms. However, many achievement. Common distractions include
youth do not respond well to medication but are not limited to excessive access
alone and the symptoms of the disorder to members of the opposite sex,
may be quite pronounced or serious even unnecessary activities or activities that
with medication. If you have reached the are overwhelming, and large student
conclusion that you can no longer deal populations.
with the symptoms of your child's 6) Choose a treatment program that
disorder effectively in your own home due teaches skills for improving
to excessive behavioral and academic interpersonal relationships. Many
problems, you may want to consider a adolescents with ADD/ADHD lack the skills
program that offers a specialized needed for building and maintaining
academic program and behavior positive relationships. Look for a
modification therapy. As you research program that provides opportunities for
treatment options that can mitigate the teens to improve their communication,
effects of ADD/ADHD, look for schools and especially with respect to giving and
programs that possess the following receiving feedback and communicating
characteristics: honestly. Additional social skills that
1) Choose a treatment program that offers should be emphasized include appropriate
a significant amount of structure. anger management, impulse control, and
Adolescents with ADD/ADHD typically delaying gratification. Mastering these
struggle to use large segments of free skills will ensure that youth will have
time productively but tend to thrive in greater success making and maintaining
environments that provide limits and healthy relationships in real life
teach self-discipline. A structured situations.
program should include a rigorous daily 7) Choose a treatment program that has a
schedule and a well-defined set of rules. systematic way of developing self-esteem.
Adherence to a routine while acquiring of Teens with ADD/ADHD may have formed a
productive habits can greatly counteract negative self-image due to the amount of
common symptoms of the disorder. negative feedback their behavior elicits
2) Choose a treatment program that from others and their self-perceived lack
fosters and encourages individual of competence in academics, interpersonal
accountability. Such a program will relationships, etc. Programs with a
enforce consequences for inappropriate strong self-esteem component should
behavior and affirmative reinforcement foster identity development and encourage
for positive behavior. This type of a teenagers to drop self-imposed labels and
setting shows teenagers what types of limitations and put away image pretenses
behavior are acceptable and also helps that some youth use to protect their own
them to experience the rewards of acting vulnerabilities.
in socially appropriate ways. 8) Choose a treatment program that allows
3) Choose a program that offers an for increased independence and leadership
engaging and individualized education as behavior improves. Such a program will
component. Many teens with ADD/ADHD recognize the need adolescents with ADD
struggle to adapt to large classrooms and ADHD have for autonomy by gradually
traditional lecture-style instruction. increasing self-monitoring and personal
Academic settings that make use of responsibility over time.
hands-on learning, multimedia 9) Choose a treatment program that is
presentations, and other diversified, able to regulate and monitor medications.
interesting instructional methods are The successful program should be able to
more likely to hold students' attention. safely store, administer and adjust
Even with the right kind of instruction, medications as needed.
teens with ADD/ADHD may not learn at the




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