Recommendations for parents to correct the behavior of hyperactive children (ADHD)

1. Define an acceptable behavior framework. The child should clearly understand what is possible and what is not allowed. The sequence is also important. If today the child can not be at night chocolate, then tomorrow can not be, and in the following days, too.

2. It should be remembered that the actions of a hyperactive child are not always intentional.

3. Do not go to extremes: you should not allow excessive permissiveness, but you should not demand fulfillment of excessive tasks.

4. Strictly demand the implementation of rules that relate to the child's health and safety. Only do not overdo it if there are too many rules, the hyperactive child will not be able to remember them.

5. If you are persistent in meeting the requirements, do it in a neutral tone, with the same words, with restraint, calmly, automatically. Try not to say more than 10 words.

6. Reinforce oral requirements with a visual example of how to do it right.

7. It is not necessary to demand from the child simultaneous execution of accuracy, attentiveness and perseverance.

8. Do not insist on mandatory apology for misconduct.

9. Respond to the child's wrong behavior in an unexpected way: repeat the child's actions, photograph it, joke, leave one (only not in a dark place).

10. Stick to the daily routine. Meals, walks, games and other activities should take place on the same schedule. A hyperactive child can not be removed from fulfilling the usual requirements for other children, he must be able to cope with them.
11. Do not let the child take on a new job until he completes the first.

12. In advance, tell the child the time frame for his playing activity and set the alarm. When the timer expires, and not the parent, the aggressiveness of the child is lower.

13. Do not allow your child to stay behind a computer and television for a long time, especially if he is watching programs of aggressive and negative content.

14. Try to provide the child with long walks in the open air every day.

15. For physical hyperactivity, physical activities such as boxing and wrestling are not welcome.

16. It is more effective to persuade a child through bodily encouragement: praise the child by hugging him.

17. Punishments should be less than rewards.

18. Encourage the child also for what he already knows well, with the help of a smile or a touch.

19. Encouragement can be to provide opportunities to do what the child is interested in.

20. Remember that blame acts on hyperactive children more than other children.

21. Do not resort to assault. If there is a need for punishment, then for the hyperactive child, the cessation of his violent activity, forced isolation and house arrest will be punished.

22. As a measure of punishment, there can be a ban: watching TV, playing games on the computer, making phone calls.

23. After the punishment, have a conversation with the child. He must realize and remember why he was punished and what kind of behavior is not encouraged.

24. The child should have his own household duties, like the rest of the family members. For example, to clean the bed, arrange toys, lay out clothes in their places. Important! Parents should not fulfill these duties for the child.

25. Make sure that the child sleeps sufficiently. Nedosyp leads to further weakening of attention and self-control. By the evening the child can become completely uncontrollable.