Effective help for children with ADHD is currently one of our most urgent challenges today. Creative problem solving and leadership skills are needed more now than ever before. Many children and teens with ADHD are gifted with an ability to access a genius level of intelligence, but may need some help in learning effective ways to harness and channel the high level of creative energy that's available to them.
Because a child's early environment has a significant impact on all levels of development, each case of child ADHD presents highly individual symptoms which need a personalized plan of action for effective treatment.
Passage of the "No Child Left Behind Act" of 2001 (NCLB) has educators, students and parents under pressure to push students through rigid curriculums. Students who aren't able to flow with the structure are many times labeled as ADD/ADHD and put on stimulant medications to make them easier to manage and more like "normal" children.
Children under 16 are being put on ADHD prescription drugs at an increased rate of more than 33% since 2005. Ritalin and Concerta are two of the more popular stimulant drugs that work in part by suppressing alpha brain waves, which are predominant in many "gifted" children. Depending on the characteristics of a child's symptoms, these drugs may be helpful in some cases but can come with negative side effects and may increase anxiety in children with ADHD.
The educational system will be slow to change so parenting children with ADHD includes the job of finding the safest and healthiest ways to support their kids and help them thrive in a system that's not yet equipped to deal with them as they are.
Brainwave Training Can Provide Help for Children With ADHD
Much like a child can be taught to ride a bike, a child can also be trained to regulate the way they focus attention. Through brainwave biofeedback training, also called electroencephalographic (EEG) biofeedback or neurofeedback, a child is provided with information to enhance brain regulation. This makes the necessary adjustments which bring about positive behavioral changes and self-regulation.
Learning how to effectively focus attention with brainwave training takes advantage of a child's ability to easily access alpha brain waves. Learning to effortlessly focus attention in alpha is sometimes called "open focus", and is the key to "superlearning" and enhanced problem solving skills. Rather than suppressing a gifted child with drugs, even popular games like "PlayStation" and "Xbox" can be adapted for effective brainwave training.
Other non-drug related strategies to help children with ADHD that work well with biofeedback are herbal and homeopathic remedies and diet adjustments. Using these in conjunction with brain training can be an effective way to accelerate progress.
Max Wardlow writes from experience about ADHD and helps manage a website about natural remedies where you can find out more about ADHD/ADD natural support.
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