Many children are lively and active, unable to stop for a moment, which many parents consider to be a sign of intelligence. However, some children are hyperactive and lack concentration, which should attract the attention of parents. ADHD is also quite common in childhood, and if not treated in time, it will affect the child's subsequent learning and life. Now let's learn if ADHD is a developmental disorder.
Is ADHD a developmental disorder?
Firstly, ADHD belongs to the category of developmental disorders and is also a psychological disorder, also known as mild brain dysfunction or mild brain injury.
Children with ADHD generally have normal or near normal intelligence, but there are significant factors that can cause mild brain tissue damage, such as viral infections during pregnancy, hypoxia during pregnancy, or neonatal asphyxia, umbilical cord entanglement, brain damage caused by forceps delivery, cesarean section, premature birth, and delayed delivery, all of which may lead to developmental disorders.
What are the treatment methods for ADHD in children?
1. Adopting traditional Chinese medicine treatment
Traditional Chinese medicine is the preferred therapy for treating ADHD, with good efficacy, fast response, no recurrence, and no toxic side effects. Of course, if other methods are used together to treat ADHD, a multi pronged approach will yield better results.
2. Behavioral therapy
This treatment method is based on the concept of learning theory, and improves children's hyperactive behavior through repeated reinforcement. Reward based conditioning therapy is used to reinforce non hyperactive behavior in hyperactive children.
3. Psychological therapy
Understanding the characteristics of children's growth and development, as well as the psychological development of different age groups, discipline should be timely, fair, patient, and confident. It is not necessary to demand strict requirements from children, and specific counseling and assistance should be provided.
4. Educational methods
The requirements must be practical. Firstly, parents should understand the characteristics of ADHD and not be as strict with their children as they are with normal children.
Through the detailed introduction of ADHD above, it is believed that everyone has a clear understanding that ADHD is indeed a developmental disorder. Of course, the treatment of ADHD requires sufficient time and patience, and cannot be achieved with immediate results. The relief of ADHD in children needs to be gradual and cannot be achieved overnight.
