In recent years, child psychologists have increasingly heard complaints from parents about their children, who, according to moms and dads, are completely unable to sit still. Modern children really match the rhythm of life, they outrun all imaginable and unimaginable predictions of their parents about their development. However, it should be noted that there are cases when such activity is not just a child's feature, but quite a serious illness of the nervous system: attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
How to help a hyperactive child?
First, you need to figure out whether your baby really needs the help of a specialist - perhaps this is just a feature of the psyche.
Here are the signs that parents can recognize ADHD:
- the child does not react when being treated;
- often scattered, can start and not finish the sentence;
- often loses things;
- is distracted by any possible factors (for a very long time focuses);
- A hyperactive child does not know what to do with tasks that require long concentration and mental strain, he is lost;
- as a rule, distracts everyone around from the task (when working in the lesson);
- children with ADHD are very impatient /
If you suspect such a diagnosis from your child, it is better to consult a specialist, he will help you decide how to begin to deal with this problem (and the earlier, the better).
How to educate a hyperactive child?
First of all you should be patient, your problems and you are not familiar with until you come across a school. The most important problem of children with ADHD is that not all teachers in school and preschool establishments know how to communicate with a hyperactive child. Before you begin to seriously educate such a child, try to observe when he is in the most relaxed state, when he can concentrate for a long time (or concentrate at all). Then gradually begin to build the mode of the crumb's day.
Here are useful tips for parents of a hyperactive child.
In order to cope with a hyperactive child, you need to organize the regime of the day as clearly as possible. A child with ADHD is constantly on the move and can not sit still for a second, the child simply will not be able to react to the request to sit and be silent. So, the day should always follow a certain scenario:
- wake up and go to bed at the strictly allotted time; before you lay the sleeping hyperactive baby, prepare a cup of warm milk with honey, collect a warm bath;
- for every action, come up with your own ritual (bedtime story, washing hands before dinner, a cup of tea before classes, etc.), then the hyperactive child will not have to be reassured, since it is in its rhythm and there are no signs of danger;
- all actions must be absolutely predictable, so the psyche is not overloaded and the child does not feel any discomfort. When
the hyperactive child knows what he will do at every hour of his day, the nervous system starts to work "without overload", so you can get around hysterics and prevent outbursts of anger.
Raising a hyperactive child is not as difficult as you might imagine. How to deal with a hyperactive child correctly:
- try to conduct classes in the strictest allotted time, without changing it without a really important reason;
- Do not give a rhinestone a big load, start with a couple of minutes, then gradually add time;
- before the occupation everything should be prepared, if you digress for a second, the child's attention is irretrievably lost;
- Do not come up with how to deal with a hyperactive child if he is not careful. Perhaps, it is necessary to change the method of filing - think about what else to take your baby, that he will like more.