Helping your child with ADHD accomplish tasks at home

Why should you help your child with ADHD accomplish tasks at home?

If parents do not help their child learn to deal with the symptoms of ADHD:

• Daily routines can become a battleground.
• The child's school performance may drop because homework assignments are not completed.
• The family may be affected.
• The child's self-esteem may suffer.
• The child may not develop organizational skills to help him or her be more successful in life.

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1. If a child with ADHD does not learn to adapt situations to prevent his or her symptoms from interfering with accomplishing tasks, simple routines can become sources for conflict between the child and parent.

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Author:	Carrie Henley Sabra L. Katz-Wise	Last Updated: August 31, 2006
Medical Review:	Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine Michael J. Sexton, MD - Pediatrics Mina Dulcan, MD - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Thomas Emmett Francoeur, MDCM, CSPQ, FRCPC - Pediatrics
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