Christmas is a very stressful time of the year for children with A.D.D. A lack of structure combined with a complete change in the daily routine and add in guests and you have a recipe for trouble. Children often act up and behave worse at times like this.
But you can help your child to enjoy the Christmas season if you take the proper steps to prepare him in advance.
Here are some tips to help your child to cope with and truly enjoy this Christmas Season:
Teach your child Coping Skills Ahead Of Time.- What are the areas your child has problems with? Is it sharing toys with other kids? Then sit down together and decide which toys he would be willing to share and which ones he wants to put away until the guests are gone. Does he throw tantrums or yell when he\'s angry? Then teach him to breathe deeply and count to 10 to prevent him from exploding.
2. Rehearse correct behavior ahead of time so that by the holiday rolls around your child is familiar with it. Does he have a problem with proper dinner-table etiquette? Then practice having a formal dinner once a week so that by the time Christmas rolls around he is an expert.
3. A.D.D. children are more easily over-stimulated. Too many events one after the other make it exhausting for the child and this leads to poor behavior, tantrums etc. Build in enough down time into both yours and your child\'s days during this hectic season.
Take a walk alone together, lie down for a nap together or give your child some headphones and let him listen to some soothing brain-wave entrainment sound tracks. The Calm Kids A.D.D. Brainwave Entrainment Program has 2 different sound tracks. One sound track is set to soothing and calming music and the other to ocean waves.
Just 20 minutes listening to these sound tracks helps to calm and soothe a child and reduces hyperactivity dramatically. To get your copy of the Calm Kids Program (Which includes the 2 soundtracks as well as several other information products designed to help you take immediate control of your child\'s A.D.D. & start reducing symptoms now) go to Calm Kids
4. Take one-on-one time with your child. Play a game together, read him a story or get him to run some errands with you.
5. Encourage your child\'s strengths.
6.Include your child in tasks.
Let him help you to cook the meal, wrap presents, etc. It may seem to require more effort and the tasks may take a bit longer with your child helping, but it will save you time in the long run because you won\'t have to take time to deal with misbehavior.
To read more informative articles and videos about parenting the ADD/ADHD child as well as cutting edge treatment products go to http://add-help.blogspot.com
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