The goal of the treatment process is for children with ADHD to learn how to self-regulate their behavior. Why is this so important? Children with ADHD may appear to be very “annoying” to their peers, in terms of interrupting, bursting into social situations that are ongoing and talking excessively. Have you ever taken a long car trip and drank way too much coffee? When you arrive home, how do you behave? If you are like the rest of us, you engage in non-stop talking, which only a very understanding spouses, partners or children will understand. Now you can see how the children with ADHD's peers may see them.
The reason that many children with ADHD have few friends is linked to the inappropriate behavior that they exhibit. These children often have no filter and say whatever comes into their minds whenever they feel like saying it. If they are taught to self-talk, or talk silently to themselves to diminish their erratic behavior, their peers will view them differently.
Look for my next post which will explain how to teach self-talk..
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