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Special educational therapy for ADD

Synonyms in a broader sense

Attention Deficit Syndrome, Psycho-Organic Syndrome (POS), ADD, Attention - Deficit - Disorder, minimal brain syndrome, behavioral disorder with attention and concentration disorder, attention deficit disorder, ADS, Attention deficit disorder, dreamer, “Hans-peep-in-the-air”, dreamers.
Attention Deficit Syndrome, Fidget - Philipp Syndrome, Fidgety Philipp, Psycho-Organic Syndrome (POS), Hyperkinetic Syndrome (HKS), ADHD, Fidgety Phil, ADHD.

definition

Therapeutic forms of therapy usually start where education is negatively influenced by various causes and education by various factors and symptoms. As a sub-area of education, they try to address the symptoms in a problem-oriented and individual manner and to improve them with the help of different methods and measures.

The Attention deficit disorder can be in different variants, so without hyperactivity (ADD), with hyperactivity (ADHD) or as Mixed type of both variants exist, whereby these can in turn be very different due to the individuality of a single child.In addition, many children with attention deficit disorder suffer from variable, sometimes even below average, ability to concentrate and pay attention.
Not least because of this, an attention deficit is often associated with other learning problems, such as one Reading and writing difficulties and / or one Arithmetic weakness.
In general, it cannot be ruled out that an ADD child is highly gifted, despite possible contradicting performance and serious problems. This is generally possible. However, it does not imply the opposite conclusion that every ADD child is inevitably gifted. Statements like: “A genius rules chaos” may be true, but they are out of place here. At this point it should only be pointed out that an ADD child, just like any other child, is highly gifted can.

Especially in the area of learning problems, THE curative form of therapy cannot be named. Rather, there are a multitude of possible forms of therapy that are available to choose from. Some forms of therapy are shown below.

Exercise therapy

According to the thesis: Movement gets you going, one generally assumes that Sports as such can have a therapeutic effect. In ADD children, however, there is more to it than in “normal” children ideal fit of the sport to pay attention.
The Exercise therapythat on psychomotor level usually takes place in small groups. The children are given a wide range of exercise (balancing, jumping, running, swinging, sliding, ...) and can go beyond these forms of exercise experience and train your own body. Exercises that could not be done well at first become safer over time, which ultimately also gives the child self-affirmation. Exercise therapy is also suitable for hyperactive children.
A rather “softer” movement therapy, the so-called one, has often proven itself sensorimotor integration therapythat as a form of Occupational therapy is described below.

Occupational therapy

Occupational therapy aims to heal disorders of the sensory organs, motor disorders and disorders of the mental and psychological abilities of a patient to the extent that his Independence in everyday life can be described as restored.
Patients can therefore be found in all age groups and occupational therapy can be found as a treatment option in many different areas. One area is also ADD therapy.

It starts with both the ADD-typical accompanying symptoms as well as the secondary side effects, whereby primarily the social behavior of the child is also considered and the physical level is addressed through motor exercises.

Children's occupational therapy uses well-known forms of therapy, such as Bobath therapy or Ayre therapy, or concepts according to Frostig, Affolter, etc. back.

THERAPY FORM	AIMS
sensory integration therapy, sensorimotor - perceptual therapy	Improvement of the coordination of movement sequences,
	Improvement of the visual - auditory perception,
	Improvement of fine motor skills
neurophysiological form of therapy self-instruction training	playful improvement of memory performance,
	playful improvement of the ability to distinguish important from unimportant: improvement of the targeted guidance of attention,
	playful development of mnemonics for self-regulation, improvement of behavior through self-regulation (no avoidance, but targeted training / performing unpleasant activities)

The decision as to which therapeutic approach is followed depends on the child himself. As a result, the Therapy begins exactly where it is appropriate for the child. From a therapeutic point of view, the child is picked up where it is in line with its capabilities. This assumes that Defects recognized and dealt with therapeutically become.

Due to the increasing professionalization of the occupation of occupational therapists, successes with regard to occupational therapy treatment of ADD cannot be ignored. To what extent successes can be achieved in individual cases cannot be assessed across the board. Success is always partly due to the individual side effects. There are too many factors - besides the actual choice of therapy form - that can be blamed for an improvement or stagnation.

Therapy with animals

This is based on the fact that even the most conspicuous ADD children - in relation to animals - show themselves to be very caring and spend longer than average periods of concentration. Over time, you build up an inner and deep connection with the animal and thus strengthen its self-confidence.

The possibilities with regard to therapy with animals are different. However, one thing should not be confused here: therapy with animals is not to be equated with "Child gets a pet".
Therapy with animals rather means that the child is brought into connection with a specially trained animal (e.g. dog, ...) at the appropriate point. First, the child spends some time with the animal, for example monitored by a video camera.
As a rule, such therapy has a positive effect on the child in several areas:

The child's self-confidence is strengthened
The child receives affection from the animal and promotes his ability to concentrate and independence in dealing with him.
The above-mentioned aspects can restore the child's mental balance.

Therapeutic riding / hippotherapy

Therapeutic riding is a special form of therapy with animals. It is not only used in the field of ADD or ADHD therapy.
Besides the Improvement of body mobility, motor skills and muscle development, therapeutic riding aims to provide a intense relationship with the horses to build up and ultimately a Increase in self-confidence and the Self-reliance to provoke. A mental balance can be achieved and the child is thus indirectly moved to longer phases of concentration.

Educational advice

Parenting advice centers are always used when problems arise in the education of children and young people and parents can no longer solve these problems on their own.

Based on this very general definition one can already see that educational counseling centers have to cover a very wide field in order to be able to provide differentiated assistance.
Before parents turn to parenting advice centers for help, they must first contact them admitthat they alone the problems encountered can no longer cope. This insight comes often not easy and certainly is painful, but this admission is then also at the same time the first way out of the problem area. As educational advisor bound to secrecy and are only allowed to contact other people involved in the upbringing of the child in the event of a release from the obligation of confidentiality by the parents, one should from the beginning open and honest report on the existing problems. This is the only way to ensure that the assistance has a chance of success.
Once under the so-called Initial meeting first facts discussed and possibly some already causes were recognized, the diagnostic survey connect. Once the diagnosis has been made, individual aspects become visible, so that a individual support plan can be created, which falls back on the different therapeutic areas.
Due to the parents' legal right to parenting advice, the Educational counseling centers not only nationwide created, but also free. Educational counseling centers are offered by various organizations, such as the Arbeiterwohlfahrt, the youth welfare office, the diaconal work or the Caritas association.

Other forms of therapy

In all of the above-mentioned therapeutic educational forms of therapy, the integration of the parents or the family is of central importance. Many of the experiences that the child has during curative therapy can also be integrated into the home environment. Read more here: ADD and family.

General information on how to deal with the ADD child, including information for parents on the treatment of ADD.
The drug therapy of ADD: ADD drugs.
The nutritional therapy ADD with its different possibilities.

The therapy options mentioned complement each other in many ways. The treating physician or treating therapist can decide together with you which forms can be combined with each other in individual cases. It is important that the individual symptoms are taken as a starting point and a decision is made.