Focus on watching TV, such a child may also be ADHD!

"Li Jie, you say the tiger is ADHD? This child does make a lot of small moves in class, but watching TV can concentrate! " Xiaoxue asked me anxiously.

Xiaoxue's son Xiao Hu is in the same class as my family's Dabao. He wriggled around in class. If the teacher is strict, he will be honest for a while and try not to influence others. As soon as the teacher turned around, he began to toss about what kind of child his deskmate was.

Is a child who has ADHD in class but is absorbed in watching TV ADHD?

Analysis of ADHD

Let's see what ADHD is.

ADHD is the abbreviation of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, which is listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and belongs to a kind of mental illness of children. Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is used to describe the behavior that children are obviously more easily distracted, do not think, react too quickly and feel uneasy than ordinary children, which is more common in preschool and school-age children.

Usually, children with ADHD are very impulsive, lack of thinking and too quick to react. For example, he said he wanted to drink water, but his voice did not fall and he might knock over the teacup.

The attention focus of ADHD children is different from that of ordinary children, and new things will immediately intercept their interest. I was doing my homework when I heard someone knocking at the door. Before you knew it, he ran over.

Doing the same thing for a long time will make them feel bored and bored. They will be impatient and feel that there is no need to think in a proper way. If they sit still for a while, they will fidget. Like taking them to dinner. He wriggled in his seat before he started. When others started, he clamored to leave.

However, is it ADHD for children to have such behavior?

Not necessarily!

Because the biggest feature of children is that they love to move, just because children like to move does not mean that children are ADHD. Some children may have ADHD, even though they don't move.

Another unusual situation of ADHD is that children are quiet, don't talk loudly, don't fight, but they don't concentrate, and they are often distracted and daydreaming. These two situations can be described as ice and fire, but they are both ADHD.

Diagnosis of ADHD

The diagnosis of ADHD needs professionals. How can we judge whether children have such problems in their daily lives?

1.？ Observing children's behavior, observing what they do in a specific situation, what children can do and what they can't do are the "typical basic characteristics" integrated by these behavior patterns.

2.？ Does his behavior affect daily life? Because ADHD is related to children's development, it can't be evaluated as ADHD too quickly. Researchers and practitioners from all over the world agree that when children's daily lives are affected, they can be regarded as worrying attention deficit, impulsiveness and hyperactivity.

3.？ The behavior lasts for more than six months.

Simply put, it conforms to the characteristics of ADHD and affects daily life for more than six months before it can be identified as ADHD.

Watching TV without moving is also ADHD!

Xiaohu is very absorbed in watching TV. Why ADHD?

According to the diagnostic criteria of ADHD, all three indicators are consistent, so it can be diagnosed as ADHD.

Children with ADHD are not completely inattentive. They just can't do one thing for a long time at school, do their homework, eat and be guests. Because they lack the ability to concentrate on these occasions than children of the same age, they all show hyperactivity

ADHD children don't always lack attention. When watching novel, interesting and fast-paced content (TV, video games, nervous stories), their attention is no problem. This is because they don't have to face things with only a general degree of excitement, but they are experiencing changing content, or they can engage in activities under the guidance and control of teachers.

Just like a tiger, he can still sit and listen when the teacher stares at him. As soon as the teacher turns around, he starts to move. He can only stay still when his mother is reading or watching TV with him.

In this way, parents and teachers will mistakenly think that "children can do well as long as they are willing." Because they found that these children can concentrate when playing computer, watching TV or playing with new toys. It's just that once it takes a long time to attend classes, do homework, eat according to the rules of the restaurant, problems will arise immediately, so children will feel that they are not working hard enough.

In fact, for children with ADHD, when they are faced with these boring things that require strong concentration, it is easy to lose interest in this matter, and then they can't control their behavior.

We can think about it, when we adults are not interested in work or face boring work, we will also turn our attention to something new and more interesting. However, most of us will learn self-discipline step by step, and most of us can barely do it and get something from related things. Most children can learn all this by themselves, but children with attention deficit can't. It's not that the child doesn't work hard, but that he really can't do it.

Treatment of ADHD

When it comes to symptoms, many people think of taking medicine. I have no say in taking medicine. Let me share with you some opinions of Laura, a professor of psychotherapy at the University of Cologne, Germany.

Laura is the director of clinical developmental psychology for children with ADHD and attention deficit disorder. She has been studying ADHD for more than 20 years. She and her colleagues specially compiled the Handbook for Children's Attention Training and the Handbook for Parents of Children's Attention Training.

Dr. Laura believes that whether to use drugs can be considered from the following aspects:

There must be a reliable diagnosis of attention deficit.

In principle, children under the age of 4 should not consider medication because the side effects may be too great. Generally speaking, drug treatment for children under 6 years old has not been fully examined, and it is best to avoid it.

Before you decide to take medicine, you should consider or try other possibilities, especially when the obstacles are not too serious.

Reflect on your attitude towards medication. If the interaction between children and psychodrugs is excluded every day, don't expect this treatment to succeed.

What do children think about taking medicine? Some children will refuse to take medicine because of certain ideas, and these ideas should also be taken into account. "

Among many treatment methods, behavioral therapy is the most successful one at present, which requires the participation of family members and close people around children.

In behavioral therapy, children will learn to: control their own behavior; Think about your task or a social situation (such as what happened and what is a good answer); See more clearly and hear more clearly when you do your homework.

In consultation, children are the theme and parents are assistants. Parents will learn: positively affect their children's behavior; Try to avoid problems in the arrangement of daily routine; The instructions given to the child are what he can follow.

Precautions for parents

1. Children with ADHD need a reasonable and correct response from their parents.

The Dependency theory of children's developmental psychology emphasizes that the correct response of mothers or main caregivers to children is the cornerstone for children to establish a sense of security and explore the world. Laura believes that dealing with children correctly is the core principle of raising children. However, due to the congenital deficiency of ADHD children-attention deficit, his behavior is difficult to please adults. Therefore, the biggest crisis in the growth of children with ADHD is not the disease itself, but that it is difficult for them to get a fair, reasonable and correct response from adults or peers around them. What these children need most is to be understood, supported and taught correctly.

2. Attention games that can be played at home.

(1) navigator game

Let the children play the role of navigators on the familiar roads and guide the drivers to their destinations. To this end, he must carefully observe the surrounding environment, so as not to miss the fork in the road that needs to turn.

(2) Guess the game

One player (A) describes something to another player (B), but B can't see it. This game is also to train children's ability to see things from the perspective of others.

(3) "Look before you leap"

All situations are suitable for practicing "Don't act impulsively" and think twice before you act, such as shopping ("Stop! I must make a shopping list first; Find out your wallet and shopping bag; Put the empty bottle in the bag) and bake the cake ("Stop! I want to see whether all the materials are complete first; Whether the oven needs to be preheated first; How to do every step ... "), wash the car, wash clothes, plant flowers or pile Lego toys.

Games allow children to exercise their behavior in a relaxed state, and continuous exercise can achieve the expected results.