Guide To Effective ADHD Treatments
Counseling

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder can affect relationships. Imagine 'waking up' or stopping to take a breath and realizing you missed something. You look around and everyone is staring at you and waiting for you to do something. You are lost. What is it you are supposed to be doing right now? Why are they staring at you? How did you act? All the questions come over you, filling you with anxiety. This cannot be good for you or those around you. Life at work, school, home, and in public require attention and focus. This is precisely why, in conjunction with medication, counseling is often used to help treat patients with ADHD, particularly as children. This helps patients cope with the effects of their condition so they are better able to manage themselves and deal with others.
Skills Training

Unfortunately, the effects of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder can rob patients, particularly children, of the opportunity to learn. The great news is skills training provides another opportunity. Many children diagnosed with ADHD have a period in their life in which they missed out on learning basic skills and did not learn sufficiently for their age.
Some children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder may not have learned how to tell time or count change. No matter what, however, they need to catch up with skills training. Tests are completed to determine proficiency in basic skill levels throughout childhood development. The areas patients are lacking in are taught again during this training while ADHD is being managed.