Can You Really Help Your Child With ADHD?

What one thing can you do, and I mean right now, to make a change in the dynamics of your household and your family?  Change the way you think of ADHD.  That’s right, change the way you think of it.  Do not think of it as something that makes your life more difficult, or more frustrating, or makes parenting a chore. 

 

Think of it as a part of your child, albeit a part you may not be very familiar with right now, and thus not super adept at dealing with, but that can change, and quickly.

 

Once you learn to embrace ADHD and the incredible gift that it is, you will see miraculous changes start to take place.  I’m telling you, the little changes are amazing!

 

Here are just a few of the changes that families are seeing once they try these things:

 

 

·         Less yelling in the household

·         Over a 30% increase in grades in less than 6 weeks

·         Went from 13/60 on timed math tests to 60/60 in three weeks

·         Looks forward to new school year

·         Wants to work on math, reading and writing over summer

·         Gradual acceptance, understanding, by everyone, that their behaviors are not personal, thereby reducing the negative feelings in the whole house

·         Less frustration

·         More happy times

·         Enjoying each other more often

·         Fewer arguments

·         Cleaner house (that’s right, I said a cleaner house, I’ll explain more later)

 

Now that you have a better understanding of how ADHD feels, and how you can work to re-frame it for yourself, you will begin to see some changes already happening, if you’re doing the work discussed.

 

Now, some overall belief sets that will be critical to hold to ensure that a successful and meaningful change takes place in your family:

 

·         Your child is inherently good

·         There are good, workable solutions for working with ADHD

·         The situation is hopeful, filled with wonderful possibilities

·         Your child is NOT deliberately ignoring you or making your life difficult

·         ADHD is far more difficult for your child than for you (unless you, like myself, have the pleasure of having it too)

·         You can get a break from ADHD (again, assuming you don’t also have it) by getting a break from your child, they never can

·         They want to do well, but usually do not know how

·         They lack skills to reach their potential, though they desperately want to have them

·         They tend to be perfectionistic

·         To avoid failure, oftentimes they will not try, thereby appearing apathetic, when in fact it is just the opposite, they care too much

·         Given the time, attention and faith they WILL excel beyond your wildest dreams!

·         You can ALL do ANYTHING

 

Practice functioning under these belief sets for the next several weeks and see what kind of difference you see in your family.

Incredible One Time Offer for Parents of ADHD kids!

Today I thought I would do something different.

I’m not sure if I told you or not, but last week my oldest daughter graduated from high school with an advanced diploma!  It was a huge accomplishment for her.  She took additional classes, some of them advanced placement level, and maintained a specified GPA throughout all 4 years of high school in order to earn her advanced diploma.

What does that do for her?  Well, several things:

·         Gives her a sense of pride

·         Lets her know she can accomplish her goals

·         Allows her to realize a long term goal, rather than just instant gratification

·         Gives her something additional to put on job applications

·         She can put it on college applications as well

So, as a proud parent I was feeling particularly grateful the other day, actually, most of the last week, and wondering what I could give back to the society that has allowed her to do so well.

Okay, so to make a long story short, I’ve decided to give you a gift.  The best thing I could think of to give is the gift of help.

Amber’s Yeah!  She Did It, Once In A Lifetime, High School Graduation Celebration Offer

I am offering 45 minute sessions to anyone and everyone who wants one to discuss parenting challenges and goals, and to develop an action plan to work on those goals!  What does this mean to you?

So many of you have written with questions, asking for help, looking for answers.  Normally I charge $100 for a 45 minute session with parents to discuss their challenges and what they would like to accomplish.

Right now however, I am not going to be charging that fee.  I want to help as many people as possible over the next 30 days.  I have given myself a challenge to help as many parents as possible, with a personal minimum of 100, by July 15, 2008.

I know, I know, that’s a big goal.  But if I’ve learned anything from my work with kids with ADHD it’s that big goals can be achieved!  It just takes massive action and a determination to make it happen.

So, from now until July 15, to make sure I reach my goal, I am going to be scheduling parenting coaching sessions at an amazing discount.  Instead of my regular $100 fee, I will only be asking $25.  I would love to do this at no cost, but that simply isn’t feasible given the costs involved.

I tried to figure out the best way to make this happen, and make it possible for everyone to take advantage of it if they would like.  Since there are many of you from different countries, and phone calls aren’t always possible, given time differences, etc., I have set up several options for you to take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

For Amber’s Yeah!  She Did It, Once In A Lifetime, High School Graduation Celebration Offer, I will schedule your time as soon as I hear from you that you would like to take advantage of this chance.  If you are not able to meet over the telephone, we will schedule our time through a special email address I have set up that only I have access to.  I will be checking it every day and responding quickly to any and all emails regarding this offer.

But, this offer won’t last forever.  With my schedule, you need to let me know if you want to take advantage of this amazing offer right away.  I will have to close this offer once my schedule fills up, as this is for unique, absolutely personal access to me, to ask your questions and formulate a plan of attack to help your child quickly and effectively with lasting change!

So, send me an email right away to take advantage of this amazing offer!  Oh, and one last thing.  I know you’ve tried things before, read books, talked with doctors, etc.  But this is different.  And how can I prove to you it’s different?

Well, first of all you know by my previous newsletters and articles that my approach is different than others you may have tried.  In fact, most of you have written telling me of success you have experienced already!  Imagine seeing even bigger changes!  The kind you’ve been wishing for.

So, for this incredible opportunity, if you take advantage of Amber’s Yeah!  She Did It, Once In A Lifetime, High School Graduation Celebration Offer, and you implement the things we discuss and you don’t feel you got a great deal, just let me know what you tried and why you don’t think the time was worth it, and I’ll refund your money.

That’s it.  A nice, simple, straight forward guarantee that your time will be well spent, and you and your family will notice the change!

So, drop me an email today, get your time reserved, and take advantage of my gratitude and positivity! 

ADHD and Productivity

 

Have You Heard?

I’m not sure whether or not you have heard, but there has been a recent study with some interesting findings.  This study measured the productivity of workers in 10 different countries, the only ones that study and measure the impact of ADHD as a condition.

This groudbreaking study is going to be the beginning of a lot of conversations surrounding the issue of ADHD in adults.  Why?  Because the findings of this study have long-reaching implications. 

They looked at the productivity levels and missed work of 7,000 people in 10 different countries.  What did they find?

Workers with ADHD tend to have 22 more days of missed productivity at work than their non-ADHD counterparts.

So, who exactly did they talk to?  And what exactly did they find out?

Employed and self-employed workers aged 18 – 44 were screened for ADHD as part of the World Health Organization World Mental Health Survey Initiative in Belgium, Colombia, France, Germany, Italy, Lebanon, Mexico, the Netherlands, Spain and the USA.

They asked the workers about their time lost over the previous month, and worked the numbers to come up with annual figures.  Here’s what the numbers showed:

Workers with ADHD were found to take an average of eight days off sick each year.

They also had, on average, 21 days where they did less work than they should have and 13 days where their work was of poorer quality – each of which was deemed to equate to half a day of lost performance.

ADHD was more prevalent in men and workers in developed rather than developing countries.

Add to this the fact that we already know workers with ADHD make less money and tend to have more jobs than those without, and employers are likely to start taking a closer look at their employees with ADHD.

All of these numbers have fascinating implications for the workplace, whether you are an employee, employer, or both (as in the case of the self-employed).  I don’t think all of the repercussions from this study have been seen yet, but they will.

Here are some questions this brings up for me:

• Have they studied the effects of raising a child with ADHD on a worker’s productivity?
• How many more absences do kids with ADHD have than kids without?
• How will they keep this information from being used to stigmatize adults, and children for that matter?
• How much of these are due to increased illness (from running and not taking a break, hence weakening our immune system) or taking care of our ADHD kids?

Let me know your thoughts on these, and other questions it brings up. 

Just something to think about.

Until next time…

~Tracy