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ADHD symptoms in children are something that all parents with kids need to know about. Seek help from a qualified medical professional to treat you child if they do have ADHD. If you don't help your child deal with this disorder they will eventually be at a disadvantage at school and in life. The symptoms of this disorder can easily fool many parents though. This is due to the fact that the behavior of the average child can so often look like the symptoms of ADHD. So the parent needs to be aware of their child's behavior over time to see if the behavior improves, or not. The more aware you are then the better, therefore read on to learn three of the symptoms of ADHD.
There are many symptoms of ADHD seen in children of all ages, and not all children will display the same set of symptoms, either. A common sing of an ADHD child, that tends to drive parents crazy, is their tendency to loose things. Of course all children will do that, as well as all of us from time to time, but obviously there's a difference.
The things they need will most often be lost for a child with ADHD. Your average child spend the majority of their time at school or at play. The child then is more likely to loose something during one of these activities. The classical of course is loosing the homework as is loosing toys or other items. ADHD children often struggle with organization. What is meant by this is how you can expect your child to processand organize tasks on an age related basis. While this may seem a bit hard to fathom a young child being organized each age group will have it's own set of organizational abilities. This is important to note because the average child will begin displaying organizational behaviors relatively young. It is key to pay close attention to these behaviors especially how long they have been present in your childs life.
Another symptom of ADHD is an overall avoidance of mental effort for any length of time. Video games are a means of mental break for most kids and they of course would rather do that then homework. Most parents realize just how much of a pain homework is considered as far as children are concerned. But still, most children do their schoolwork and are able to sustain the required effort to do so. This is one of the first things that an ADHD child will exhibit, the absolute aversion to activities requiring mental effort. Quite often it is seen with something like school work, or work related to school, etc.
One particular criterion for lending credence to possible ADHD conditions has to do with the amount of time certain behaviors have been observed. typically the behavior needs to be sustained over a 6 month period or longer. If that is the situation with your children, then of course the next course of action is to begin the professional evaluation and assessment stage. Of course start with your doctor, who may then send you on to a specialist.
