The ADD Child: Challenging Parents, Teachers and Friends

Written by Jeanne Bauer


The ADD child exhibits a series of behaviors that are common in most children. Most children misbehave, act silly and day dream. So what, then, isrepparttar difference? The child with Attention Deficit Disorder exhibits these behaviors in a constant and extreme manner, often interfering with their academic, social and family interactions. Here arerepparttar 111390 variety of ways that a child may exhibit ADD behaviors:

Inattention: The most visible and well-known behavior of a child with attention deficit issues is an inability to maintain attention and focus over an extended period of time. This behavior shows up in a variety of situations, such as forgetting or confusing instructions that were just given, being inattentive when involved in a conversation, growing bored of activities within moments, appearing to be in a daze or day dream, and being unable to complete tasks.

Hyperattention: Paradoxically,repparttar 111391 same ADD child who cannot stay focused enough to finish many common tasks will have no problem whatsoever in focusing on a video game or TV show for hours. This ability to hyper-focus on chosen activities is very common inrepparttar 111392 child with Attention Deficit Disorder. This behavior is possible only becauserepparttar 111393 child pursuesrepparttar 111394 desirable activity through a heightened level of excitement which is a controlled form of hyperactivity.

Distractibility: An ADD child can be easily distracted from most activities by any form of stimulus inrepparttar 111395 environment (movement, color, sound), as well as by their own scattered, fast-moving thoughts. This results in half-finished or poorly completed tasks, constant minor non-compliances with known rules, zig-zagging from one activity to another, andrepparttar 111396 inability forrepparttar 111397 child to do well in group situations (such as school) where compliance withrepparttar 111398 rules is important.

Impulsivity: An ADD child will often blurt out information in inappropriate ways and make poor decisions relative to their actions. This child may risk his or her own safety without a second thought, running intorepparttar 111399 street, climbing torepparttar 111400 top of a tree or rock formation, or jumping or diving into a pool without checkingrepparttar 111401 depth. The child with ADD acts on impulse rather than through logic or problem-solving. Impulsivity in many ADD children can also be characterized by impatience or temperamental (often oppositional) behavior sincerepparttar 111402 ADD child often feels a driving need for something (anything!) to happen immediately.

Hyperactivity: Of allrepparttar 111403 characteristics of an ADD child,repparttar 111404 behavior that is most difficult for those aroundrepparttar 111405 child to accept isrepparttar 111406 presence of hyperactivity. The child with hyperactivity is always in motion -- touching, searching, pushing, jumping, running, tapping, and squabbling with friends and siblings. The hyperactive ADD child seems to need a high level of stimulation at all times in order to feel OK. Hyperactivity will also be seen inrepparttar 111407 form of a child who talks incessantly, clowns around all ofrepparttar 111408 time, and finds every other form of trouble that a parent can name.

Insatiability: The ADD child has an insatiable need for attention to be brought onto himself. While all children thrive on adult attention, focus and concern,repparttar 111409 child with ADD can never seem to get enough. They act out, talk incessantly, joke around, monopolize conversations, demandrepparttar 111410 teacher's constant involvement, show off to friends, and badger incessantly until they get their way.

Organizing Your Home Office and Paperwork

Written by Stephanie Davies


Organizing your home office can truly be a hair raising task! By home office, I mean any area of your house which you pay bills in, write notes, send cards, store paperwork, etc. Some people are lucky to have a separate room for this purpose, and others section off an area in a room with perhaps just a desk. Either way, this article will deal with organizing this area of your life.

When organizing your home office,repparttar first and foremost priority is going to be all that paperwork. The worst thing that has happened to me is when looking for a bill, a phone number, or important information...I just can't find it! Even though I know that it HAS to be in there....somewhere.

There are several different ways to organize your important bills, paperwork, and documents. I suggest you chooserepparttar 111389 one that best fits your budget and your lifestyle.

The first method is perhapsrepparttar 111390 easiest method. I call itrepparttar 111391 file-away billboard method. First you will need to get your hands on a filing cabinet. What size depends onrepparttar 111392 amount on paperwork you intend to store - I myself have a 4 drawer metal cabinet since I have a large amount of papers that need to be kept straightened out. Next, labelrepparttar 111393 drawers. If you have a 2 drawer you may wish to simply labelrepparttar 111394 top drawer "bills" andrepparttar 111395 bottom drawer "documents". If you have a 4 drawer, you can include "extremely important" and "misc." torepparttar 111396 list. If possible make surerepparttar 111397 cabinet drawers support hanging folders, if not, then you can cheaply purchase a hanging file folder "frame" to support those. Next purchase at least one box of hanging file folders. Label each folder as specifically as you can. Here are some suggestions:

IN THE BILLS DRAWER:

- Unpaid Bills (put each bill you get inrepparttar 111398 mail in this folder so you will know exactly what needs to be paid. Put each bill in its own folder as soon as you pay it, and write onrepparttar 111399 stub when it was paid andrepparttar 111400 check number. That way you can look back for easy reference if you need to. - Cable Bill/Paid - Water Bill/Paid - Electric Bill/Paid - Mortgage Bill/Paid - Telephone/Paid - Child Care/Paid - Columbia House/Paid - Misc./Paid (this one is for those once only bills that won't get enough to have their own folder)

IN THE DOCUMENTS DRAWER

Note: Those marked with an * are those which could be filed in "important" if you had an extra drawer. - House papers* (to keep allrepparttar 111401 mortgage or lease papers together) - Medical Insurance* (you can keep separate insurance files for each covered family member) - Receipts* - Warranties* - Recipes - Useful URLs - Car/Auto Documents* (loan agreements, titles, maintenance records can be kept here) - Misc Important* (for those that wouldn't fit a specific category) - Bank Statements* - Computer Papers/Instructions

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