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Coffee |
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A weaker stimulant than Ritalin, effective only for children with
milder conditions of ADD/ADHD |
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Any home / coffee-shop
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Computer |
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Children with ADD can handle the computer quite well and enjoys
using the computer (partly because they have poor hand-writing and computer can perform spelling checks). |
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Book "Myth of the ADD Child"
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Drama & Speech Training |
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ADD children enjoys Speech & Drama lessons and can build their
self-confidence through such training |
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Schools and other education centres conduct such training on a
regular basis
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Interests: Find Out What Interests Your Child |
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The ADD child can pay attention to areas that he is very interested
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Book "Myth of the ADD Child: 50 Ways to Improve your Child's Behaviour" by Thomas Armstrong
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Music |
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Background music may help the ADD child to pay better attention
to what he/she is doing. Baroque music like Bach, Handel, Pachelbel & Vivaldi are good as the special beats and
patterns sychronised with with the resting heart rate (about 60 beats per minute). Music occupies the right brain so
that the left brain can focus on details. |
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Sources: |
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Book "Myth of the ADD Child" |
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Book "Quantumn Learning" |
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Use Background Music to Clam and Focus |
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Purchase Baroque music like Bach, Handel, Pachelbel, Vivaldi
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Organised: Teach Your Child How To Be Organised |
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ADD/ADHD children and adults needs organisational skills to
overcome their problems (e.g. having fixed places for various items, file for pending homework and file for completed
homework, etc.) |
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SPARK TIP: Organizing School Bag For Easy Access |
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Book "Myth of the ADD Child: 50 Ways to Improve your Child's Behavior" |
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Book "ADD Success Stories"
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Physical Exercises |
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Physical exercises helps produce some chemicals that helps in paying
attention for about 2 hours. One ADD adult claims he got his PHD through sheer effort: three 1-hour exercises (3 hours of
exercises) every day.Brain Gym exercises also helps to improve concentration (E&P Learning Centre conducts some classes
for younger children on this, but do not focus much on Brain Gym exercises.) |
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Swimming, jogging are good exercises |
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Can also consider Tai-chi, martial art or other physical training if the child is interested |
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Wheel-barrow exercise (holding the child's knee/leg while he tries to walk with his hand while the body is horizontal) is also useful in improving your child's hand-writing. |
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Many ADD children grip their pencil too tightly. Improvement of the gross motor skills (also wheel-barrow exercise) is a starting point for improve fine motor skills (e.g. writing)
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Practical Tips |
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The "Tips/Stories" section of our website is a good source of informations shared by parents and professionals providing practical tips, articles and stories. |
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SPARK Tips/Stories |
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Sleep: help your child get adequate sleep |
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Some children exhibit ADD/ADHD-like symptoms when they can't
sleep well or get sufficient sleep. |
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Tone down all physical activities 30-60 minutes before sleep (e.g. read/tell a story) |
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Sleep early
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TV and Video Games |
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Excessive TV and video games may make the attention problem worse. |
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Source: |
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Book "Myth of the ADD Child: 50 Ways to Improve your Child's Behavior" by Thomas Armstrong |
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Limit TV and Video Games to 1 hour per day.
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