Survey Reveals Parents of Children with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD/ADHD) Reluctant To Give Medication
After School, the Most Challenging Part of the Day
As children return to their school and activity schedules, a new survey finds homework time the most difficult time of the day for parents of children with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD/ADHD). Typically, challenging behaviors of children not on medication include not listening, difficulty completing homework and chores, and defiant or oppositional behavior. The survey found the majority of parents feel they yell and criticize their children more than they would like. Nonetheless, more than half of parents (61%) who give medication during the school hours are reluctant to continue medication after school. www.Daytrana.com
Pediatrician and ADHD expert Dr. Patricia Quinn, and Susan Caughman, publisher of ADDitude – the leading magazine on living well with Attention Deficit Disorders – will review the survey findings and break down all the information on various treatment approaches so parents have the knowledge to make the right decisions for their family.
Dr. Quinn and Susan Caughman will tell viewers:
* How to help a child deal with ADHD both at home and at school * Updates on medications used in the treatment of ADHD
* Behavior management strategies for kids and teens
Dr. Patricia Quinn, a developmental pediatrician in Washington, D.C who specializes in child development and psychopharmacology, has worked for more than 35 years in the areas of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and learning disabilities. Dr. Quinn is the author of more than 20 books on ADHD for children, adults, and professionals including the award-winning, Attention, Girls! A Guide to Learn All About Your ADHD for girls 8-13; Ready for Take-Off: Preparing Your Teen with ADHD or LD for College; and Putting on the Brakes Activity Book for Kids with ADD or ADHD. She is currently the director of the National Center for Girls and Women with ADHD. In 2000, Dr. Quinn received the CHADD Hall of Fame Award for her work in these areas.
Susan Caughman is Founder and CEO of New Hope Media, a special interest publishing company providing digital and print information to families in the communities of adoption and attention deficit disorder. ADDitude magazine, ADDitude online, and the ADDitude social network (ADD Connect) reach several million adults and families parenting children with ADHD with useful and inspirational information each month. Adoptive Families Magazine, the annual Adoption Guide, and the Adoptive Families websites have received numerous editorial awards and reach over 500,000 readers each month. She began her publishing career at Newsweek International. A native of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Caughman holds an M.B.A. from Yale’s School of Management and a B.A. from Middlebury College.
As a parent with ADD and an adoptive parent of many with the same, I have found that yelling and being critical is just the worst.
#1 The person with ADD does not need another voice in her head making her feel less than, or to herself ‘stupid’.
#2 Being critical only adds to the low self esteem one already feels. I spent many years trying harder to accomplish what others did
with little effort. Simply getting dressed was an effort as the voices in my mind said, “put in the laundry, do the dishes, feed the dog, take
dinner to Suzie!” My children were underweight, which was the main reason I did not give meds at home. To daily decide whether your
child should weigh in the lower 5% of his age or accomplish something, was a daily wrestling -match for me.
Now at 60yrs. I can out run, out work and do more than many my age. I finally feel like my ADD has benefits!!!!