Children with ADHD must become accountable for
themselves. However, accountability and self-regulation may not appear to be
easily accomplished, because these children’s ADHD may arguably cause them to
exhibit certain symptoms.
One of the most persistent symptoms that characterizes
children and adolescents with ADHD is forgetting. Even though it is true that children with ADHD
do forget to do certain things, which is actually a well-referenced symptom of
ADHD, at some point, they must become accountable for their actions.
It is definitely more difficult for children and
adolescents with ADHD to remember to do their homework, to put their homework
in their school bags, to hang their clothes up in the closet, to pick up their
toys, among other examples. However, the fact that they have ADHD may not be
used as an excuse for their forgetting.
What happens if children with ADHD are permitted to
use their ADHD as an excuse for their forgetting to do specific
responsibilities? They then will arguably blame their difficulty remembering as
well as their other symptoms on their ADHD, as well.
Why is it so critical that children and adolescents
with ADHD not blame their actions, such as forgetting on their ADHD? If they
blame their symptoms on their ADHD, they will not work to try to learn certain
methods of diminishing those symptoms. Therefore, they will not become
responsible for their actions.
I have taught many children and adolescents with
ADHD to become more adept at remembering. However, in order to ensure that they
will succeed at learning those methods, they must be on board in terms of
understanding that instead of blaming their forgetting as merely an unavoidable
symptom of ADHD, they need to learn techniques that will help them to self-regulate
and diminish their symptoms. In that way, they will be able to reduce their
symptoms, such as forgetting.
Therefore, one of the most important lessons for
children and adolescents with ADHD to learn is to become accountable for their
actions. If they can learn to be responsible for their actions, these children will
be on their way way to enjoying happy and successful lives, where they are
responsible and accountable.
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