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My son is 11 today, but at 8 am today his teaching phoned to say he has beendisrupted in class.
He slapped a kids face for nothing and he managed to only write the date in a 1 hour class.
He is lovely, bright and polite but he likes to be the class clown and the problem is he is going to high school next year and his teacher is afraid he will placed in a lower group to his ability and then not bother cos the others won’t be!
He is very immature and acts the fool, but the other kids are maturing now and leaving him standing.
We are great parents to our two adopted boys and had a fair share of problems, but we punish him with losing his priveliges eg tv, pc, sweets etc but hes stubborn and can sulk for a week if punished… what can we do to helphim grow up and work in class…please help!

you are not alone my step son was the same way he always had to be the center of attention, but he is adhd too.with him starting middle school there will be activities he is going to want to do sports he is going to want to play and they don’t allow class clowns in alot of these because the coaches will not tolerate disruptions, disrespect to others, you may need to sit down with him and find out what he has in mind for the school year to come and let him now the terms of participation in the areas.my son wanted to play football, and we in-rolled him it and not a week later he got suspended for horse playing around and hit someone in the head, so there is consequences to their actions as they move up in grades, and plus they just came out with the bully law ,let him know that if he hits someone the other child’s parents can take charges out on him based on this new law, and it is not fun going in front of a judge at 11 or 12 years old because they make examples out of them and come down pretty hard on them, so just let him know that things change in a big way and his actions and out of the way comments could land him in juvenile detention and trust me he doesn’t want that, and neither do you it’s hard for both of you to deal with. good luck I hope that this will help in someway or another.

I mean racers, extreme bikers, skaters, skiers, climbers…
Don’t they care for their life at all? I mean there’s 90% they might die. What kind of people are they? Are they admiration seekers, who like to show off?
Should we praise their courage?

A survey and study has shown that the Majority of all extreme sport athletes have ADD/ADHD, and some have Bi-Polar.
This feuls their drive and ambition to do the crazy things they do. I have two grandsons, a Nephew, and a little girl who
all are pretty brave and seem to thrive in Adrenaline rush situations, whereas we might start to lose focus, they gain focus in these situations. The Adrenaline rush works differant for these people, than it does for you and I. An Energy drink
that may give us a rush of energy will Calm them Down.
Medications they take like ritalin, Focalin, soqual, and so forth are actually a pharmaceutical grade inphetamine that would make our skin crawl and our hair stand on end- it calms down a person with ADD/ADHD. Weird but true.

I was shocked to learn that some college students take psychostimulant drugs like Ritalin and Adderall illegally so that they can do better in exams and get through college. No, they are not suffering from ADHD or hyperactivity – they just want to have an edge over honest students.
When we are looking at medication for hyperactive children we are more concerned with the alarming side effects of these drugs than anything else. Apart from deciding which ADHD medication, there are other ways of helping a hyperactive child.

Hyperactivity in children, if left untreated may well continue into adulthood- often with disastrous consequences – an adult with ADHD loses about 22 days work a year, car accidents are caused by extreme irritation exploding in impulsive acts and distraction causes great losses in productivity.

Helping A Hyperactive Child

As a parent of a hyperactive child, what can you do to help him or her. The first strategy is to make sure that the child gets enough exercise and the amount of media exposure time is strictly controlled. There is more than enough evidence to show that time on Internet, watching DVDs and cell phone use, may lead to obesity, diabetes and experimentation with early sex. So, kids just need exercise and various fitness programs have shown promising results. The ABC for Fitness program (Kansas ) had very encouraging results when they tried this program with a group of kids in 13 elementary schools in the Independence, MO school district. Those kids who actively participated were able to reduce their medication for ADHD – up to 33%! The other kids who were monitored and who did no sports showed a mere 7% reduction. So, lots of outdoor (preferably) activities such as biking, hiking and skating are going to help the hyperactive child. But any fitness program, such as the one mentioned above is bound to have beneficial effects.

Is There A Diet For ADHD ?

The second strategy is to make sure that the food the child eats is not rubbish! One paediatrician has described ADHD children as having, what he calls an NDD condition. Another acronym- this one stands for Nutritional Deficit Disorder ! Did you know that the famous Omega 3 ‘good’ fats are found in great quantity in mothers’ breast milk? These are definitely good for the brain so any foods which contain these are recommended – fish (or fish oil supplements), fruits, nuts, whole grains and green leafy vegetables. Yogurt is a better option than ice- cream or lollies. Smoothies made with healthy ingredients are a great standby. There are lots of recipe sites on the Internet if you are stuck for healthy food ideas for kids. The foods/ ingredients to avoid are fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated oils, MSG and any food or pop which has artificial colourings,additives and preservatives.

These two strategies will be key elements in your plan to help your hyperactive child. As regards ADHD medication with psychostimulants, you will be shocked if you visit the FDA site as it is full of warnings about the risks and dangers associated with these drugs. If you want to find out about a perfectly safe alternative ADHD therapy, visit the site below. It will answer a lot of your questions.

Robert William Locke
http://www.articlesbase.com/adhd-articles/sensible-strategies-to-help-hyperactive-children-680361.html