Parents with ADHD Parenting children with ADHD
Tips and Tricks that could help reduce the daily stress
Menu Board
As simple or creative up to you and your family
Use cards / paddle pop sticks to write down everyone’s favourite dinner/s
Each family member gets to choose 1 meal a week
Make or buy a daily planner or box that has 7 compartments
Allocate everyone’s choice to a day
For more ideas visit https://www.additudemag.com/happy-meals-happier-kids/
Food and ADHD
Protein rich foods help with blood sugar spikes and may help with emotional regulation and hyperactivity.
Omega 3 fatty acids (Fish Oil) helps with concentration, hyperactivity and impulsivity
Iron, Zinc and Magnesium play an important role in helping ADHD symptoms
Reducing artificial additives in food - unprocessed, fresh food is best
Food sensitives can worsen ADHD symptoms
Naturopathic medicine may help - study showed a combination of valerian and lemon balm help relax hyperactive or anxious children
For more information visit https://www.additudemag.com/adhd-diet-for-kids-food-fix/
10 Supplements and Vitamins for ADHD Symptom Control
https://www.additudemag.com/vitamins-minerals-adhd-treatment-plan/
Mindfulness benefits the whole family
Breathe in for 7 seconds and out for 11 seconds. After 12 - 15 repetitions the breath should settle into 4 seconds in and 6 seconds out which helps maintain focus.
Breath Button - associate any object around the house when touched the family member must take a big breath to help calm.
Play ‘I notice’ - any objects different colours, shapes, textures
Digging in the Garden
Pause app (Pause - mobile application of meditation & relaxation - Pause-App.org)
Chill panda app (Chill Panda: Calm Play Today - Apps on Google Play)
Hot Chocolate Breath: This technique starts with your child holding up her hands as if she were holding a mug of hot chocolate right under her face. Prompt some basic visualization, and ask her to imagine first smelling the hot chocolate — inhaling deeply through her nose and then blowing it to cool it down, exhaling smoothly across the surface out her mouth. Have her repeat this breathing pattern and visualization — in through her nose smelling, and back out through her mouth, cooling off — for a minute or two. Encourage her to let her breath find its own rhythm: not too fast, and not too slow.
For more information visit https://www.additudemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Easy-Mindfulness-Exercises-for-Kids-with-ADHD.pdf