How can staying positive help my child with ADHD?

One reason for you to counteract the effects of the label attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is that, in order for your child to make changes, he needs to believe that change is possible. The impression that ADHD is like a medical disease may make it seem to you and your child that it is not possible to make internal changes that would turn things around. However, ADHD is not like a medical disease, in that it is not something a child "has" but a set of behaviors the child does.

For this reason, it is important that, if your child has been given this diagnosis, you, as a parent, provide balance by reframing the disorder as a difference and assuring your child that he can change his behavior. Another way in which reframing the diagnosis of ADHD will help you and your child is it will increase your and your child's motivation to change. Experts in the field of psychology have recently begun to acknowledge that clients have different levels of readiness to change.

Interventions may be offered to clients with the assumption that they are highly motivated to make changes in their lives, but many clients are resistant to change, for many reasons. With ADHD, you and your child may not be motivated to work at the exercises, because you feel hopeless. Why exert so much effort to change, you might wonder, when your doctor has told you that it is a brain disorder and that the only treatment is a medication that changes the brain chemistry?

Isn't it easier to take pills than to work hard to change behaviors and emotions? In order for you to feel motivated to change and to increase your child's motivation to change, you have to believe that your hard work will pay off. By reframing the disorder as gift, understanding the significant resources your child has, and conveying this positive message to your child, you can increase motivation to make changes.

But if you understand the nature of your child's gifts, you will likely have more hope for your child and therefore feel more engaged and willing to do the hard work of helping him change.

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