“Every child born into the world is…another fresh and radiant possibility”
Kate W. Wilkin

It’s Monday morning and the start of a new week. Families all over America are getting ready to send their children to school. The Jones family, however, is late once again. Their child won’t get out of bed on time. Their child won’t listen when they say to get dressed. A simple routine of getting up, getting dressed and getting ready for school creates insurmountable obstacles, conflict, hostility and utter chaos. By the time he gets down the stairs for breakfast, the school bus has already left. This is not an unusual occurrence, this happens every day. Their child has been diagnosed with ADHD. They feel out of control and out of balance all the time.

Parents of a child with (ADHD) Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, (ADD) Attention Deficit Disorder or (ODD) Oppositional Defiant Disorder must search out schools, teachers, professionals, and other community resources. They will find themselves having to supervise, monitor, teach, organize, plan, structure, reward, punish, guide, buffer, protect, and nurture their child far more than is demanded by the typical parent. They will also need to meet more often with other adults involved in their child's daily life--school staff, pediatricians, and mental health professionals. Their lives are a balancing-act in which they must juggle complex schedules. Read More...

 

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