Di dɔktɔ dɔn tɛl yu se yu pikin gɛt atɛnshɔn dɛfisit haypa aktiviti disɔda (ADHD) ɛn i nid fɔ tek mɛrɛsin fɔ am ɛvride? Dis kin bi di fɔs mɛrɛsin we yu pikin go ɛva tek. Naw yu kin de wɔnda se, "O mi Gɔd, aw a go tɔk to mi pikin bɔt dis mɛrɛsin?" Nɔ wɔri. I nɔ at lɛk aw yu tink. Lɛ wi tɔk to yu pikin bɔt am di rayt we.
Lɛ wi ɛp yu pikin fɔ ɔndastand wetin na ADHD ɛn wetin mek dɛn nid mɛrɛsin.
We yu de tɔk to yu pikin bɔt dis, yu nid fɔ tɔk di kayn we we fit in ej ɛn di lɛvul we i ɔndastand.
Fɔ smɔl pikin, yuz wɔd dɛn we rili simpul. Tink bɔt di wɔd dɛn we yu pikin dɔn ɔlrɛdi yuz fɔ tɔk bɔt di sik dɛn we dɛn kin gɛt. Dɛn kin tɔk tin dɛn lɛk, "A nɔ ebul sidɔm stil" ɔ "A nɔ ebul fɔ lisin to di ticha." Yu kin yuz dɛn sem wɔd dɛn de ɛn se, "Dis mɛrɛsin na fɔ ɛp yu pikin fɔ de stil ɛn pe atɛnshɔn to dɛn lɛsin dɛn. Dɔn i go izi fɔ yu fɔ kɔntrol dɛn tin dɛn de."
If yu pikin dɔn big smɔl ɛn intres pan sayɛns, yu kin ɛksplen smɔl bɔt aw di bren de wok, wetin kin apin pan ADHD, ɛn aw mɛrɛsin kin ɛp. Sɔntɛm sho dɛn wan pikchɔ na buk, ɔ mek dɛn ɛksplen dis to yu di nɛks tɛm we dɛn go si di dɔktɔ.
Bi ɔnɛs wit yu pikin, tɔk di tru.
Sɔm mama ɛn papa, mɔ fɔ yɔŋ pikin dɛn, kin kɔl dis mɛrɛsin "vitamin" ɔ, ivin wɔs, "tɔfi." Ɔda pipul dɛn kin sikrit wan miks am to it ɔ drink ɛn dɛn nɔ kin tɛl ɛnibɔdi bɔt di ADHD sik ɔ se na mɛrɛsin.
Dis na tin we rili rɔng . I bɛtɛ fɔ tɔk ɔnɛs wit yu pikin bɔt in sik ɛn aw i de trit am. Bikɔs wan de, di pikin go no di tru. Dɔn sɔntɛm dɛn nɔ go abop pan yu.
Dɔn bak, if di pikin no bɔt in sik, i kin no di sik dɛn we i gɛt , tray fɔ kɔntrol dɛn, ɛn tek pat tranga wan pan di tritmɛnt. Dat na big ɛp fɔ am.
Ɛksplen klia wan aw fɔ tek di mɛrɛsin.
Bifo yu gi yu pikin mɛrɛsin, ɛksplen klia wan aw, ustɛm, ɛn usay fɔ tek am. Da we de, di pikin nɔ go vɛks.
ADHD mɛrɛsin dɛn kin kam difrɛn we dɛn. Sɔm kin kam insay pils, sɔm kin kam insay wata, ɛn sɔm kin kam lɛk pat we yu kin put pan yu bɔdi. Sɔm mɛrɛsin dɛn kin tek lɔng tɛm fɔ wok na di bɔdi.
Yu pikin kin nid fɔ tek mɛrɛsin na mɔnin ɛn ivintɛm. Dat min se dɛn go gɛt fɔ tek mɛrɛsin na skul bak. If na so i bi, di skul nɔs kin gi am to di pikin. Bɔt if di dɔktɔ gi yu wan mɛrɛsin we de wok fɔ lɔng tɛm ɛn we de wok ɔl di de, da prɔblɛm de nɔ go kam.
If na big pikin, wɔn dɛn tranga wan se dɛn nɔ fɔ ɛva gi dis mɛrɛsin to ɛni ɔda pɔsin, ivin to dɛn padi .
Lɛ wi tɔk bak bɔt di sayd ɛfɛkt dɛn we mɛrɛsin kin gɛt.
Tɛl yu pikin se i kin fil smɔl strenj ɛn nɔ no am we i bigin fɔ tek dis mɛrɛsin. Bɔt kip dis infɔmeshɔn shɔt . Nɔ mek yu pikin fred wit lɔng list fɔ di bad tin dɛn we kin apin to am.
Bifo dat, tɛl yu pikin se, "If yu fil ɛnitin we strenj ɔ difrɛn afta yu tek di mɛrɛsin, mek shɔ se yu tɛl mi/yu papa."
If i tɔk bɔt ɛni chenj, mek i no se i go fayn afta sɔm dez ɔ wik. If i nɔ du dat, tɛl am se wi kin tɔk to di dɔktɔ ɛn chenj di mɛrɛsin ɔ di doz .
Lɛ wi pul di fred we de na di pikin in maynd.
Sɔm tin dɛn de we pikin kin fred bɔt ADHD. Lɛ wi ansa dɛn ɛn mek dɛn gɛt kɔrej.
| Di fred we de na di pikin in maynd | Wetin wi gɛt fɔ se to dat |
|---|---|
| "A sik? Somtin de rong wit mi?" Pikin dɛn kin fil da we de we dɛn tɛl dɛn fɔ tek mɛrɛsin. Bikɔs na we dɛn sik nɔmɔ dɛn kin tek mɛrɛsin. | Kɔmpia dis to ɛni ɔda sik we yu kin trit. Wan gud ɛgzampul na we pɔsin nɔ de si fayn. Jɔs se, "Jɔs lɛk aw Papa de put glas fɔ ɛp in yay fɔ pe atɛnshɔn mɔ, na so dis mɛrɛsin de ɛp yu bren fɔ pe atɛnshɔn mɔ." |
| "A 'difrɛn' frɔm ɔda pipul dɛn?" Pikin dɛn, mɔ we dɛn yɔŋ, nɔ kin lɛk fɔ difrɛn frɔm ɔda pipul dɛn. | Say, "Nɔto jɔs yu, bɔy pikin/dɔti, bɔku pikin dɛn na skul gɛt dis ADHD kɔndishɔn. Bɔku pan dɛn kin tek mɛrɛsin bak. If yu tek mɛrɛsin na skul ɔ we yu go na yu padi in os, nɔto yu nɔmɔ go du dat." |
| "A nɔ go ebul fɔ gɛt sakrifays na skul ɔ na layf." Di pikin kin ivin yuz wɔd dɛn lɛk "A nɔ gɛt sɛns." | Dismis di stori wantɛm wantɛm. Se, "Dat nɔto tru." Gi dɛm ɛgzampul fɔ pipul dɛm wae gɛt sakrifays wae gɛt ADHD wae dɛn no (e.g., jimnast Simone Biles, singer Justin Bieber). |
| "Dis mɛrɛsin go damej mi bren? I go kɔntrol mi?" | "Wi de ya fɔ protɛkt yu. Wi nɔ go ɛva du ɛnitin we go ambɔg yu. Di dɔktɔ na di sem we. Dis na sɔntin we go ɛp yu," mek i biliv tranga wan. |
Ɔndastand se dis mɛrɛsin nɔto ‘majik’.
We yu de tɔk bɔt ADHD mɛrɛsin, nɔ mek yu pikin gɛt di aidia se na ‘mɛjik bulɛt’ we go mek ɔl dɛn prɔblɛm go jɔs afta dɛn tek am.
Krio rial ɛkspɛkteshɔn dɛn. Dis mɛrɛsin na jɔs wan tul wae kin ɛp fɔ ridyus de sik. Bɔt ɛksplen se di pikin go nid fɔ lan ɔda we dɛn bak fɔ kɔntrol di we aw i de biev .
Kɔntinyu fɔ tɔk to yu pikin.
Dis tɔk nɔto sɔntin we pɔsin kin du wans ɛn fɔ ɔltɛm. Na sɔntin we dɛn nid fɔ kɔntinyu fɔ du.
Aks yu pikin wan tɛm insay di wik, "Aw di mɛrɛsin de wok? Yu stil gɛt ɛni prɔblɛm? Ɛni sayd ɛfɛkt de?"
Dipen pan yu pikin in ej, ɛp am fɔ no if i bin gɛt gud de ɔ bad de. Yu kin mek dɛn drɔ sɔntin lɛk smayl fes ɔ sad fes (emojis) na kalenda ɔ na buk. Dis infɔmeshɔn go rili yusful we yu de tɔk to yu pikin ɛn di dɔktɔ.
Wetin yu kin du if yu pikin se dɛn nɔ ebul fɔ tek mɛrɛsin?
Sɔm pikin dɛn nɔ kin want fɔ tek dɛn mɛrɛsin. Pikin dɛn we ol ɛni ej kin traŋa, mɔ we dɛn yɔŋ. Sɔm pikin dɛn kin ayd di mɛrɛsin na di kɔna na dɛn mɔt, mek lɛk se dɛn de tek am, dɔn dɛn kin trowe am ɔp.
If yu pikin bigin nɔ gri fɔ tek dɛn mɛrɛsin, tray fɔ no wetin mek. Sɔntɛm na nyu, sayd ɛfɛkt we de mek pɔsin fred. Ɔ sɔntɛm sɔmbɔdi de jok.
If yu pikin se, "A nɔ nid mɛrɛsin rayt naw," tɔk bɔt di sik dɛn we dɛn gɛt naw. "Yu stil gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ du skul wok, nɔto so? I kin bi ADHD, ɛn na dat mek yu nid mɛrɛsin," ɛn pɔynt di tru tin dɛn.
If na yɔŋ pikin, yu kin yuz smɔl riwɔd sistɛm fɔ ɛnkɔrej dɛn. Sɔntin lɛk fɔ gi dɛn stika, ɔ fɔ gi dɛn smɔl mɔ tɛm fɔ ple na tablɛt ɔ wach TV.
If yu pikin dɔn big smɔl ɛn stil fil se dɛn nɔ fɔ tek mɛrɛsin, yu kin tɔk to yu dɔktɔ ɛn kam fɔ mek yu gri fɔ du sɔntin. Dat min se, "Okay, lɛ wi stɔp di mɛrɛsin fɔ sɔm tɛm. Bɔt if di prɔblɛm dɛn kam bak, wi nid fɔ stat di mɛrɛsin bak." (Mek shɔ se yu go to yu dɔktɔ bifo yu du dis.)
If yu tɔk bɔt dis ɔnɛs wan ɛn ɔltɛm wit yu pikin, yu go rili ɛp am fɔ gɛt sakrifays pan dɛn tritmɛnt ɛn fɔ gɛt di bɛst pan am.
Mɛsej we dɛn kin kɛr go na os
- Tɔk bɔt ADHD ɛn mɛrɛsin insay wan simpul we we fit yu ej. Nɔ ɛva lay.
- Ɔndastand di pikin in fred ("A sik?", "A difrɛn?") ɛn pul am wit simpul ɛgzampul lɛk miro.
- Mek dɛn ɔndastand se dis mɛrɛsin nɔto ‘majik’, bɔt na ‘tul’ nɔmɔ we de ɛp fɔ kɔntrol di sik dɛn.
- Afta yu dɔn bigin fɔ tek di mɛrɛsin, kɔntinyu fɔ tɔk to yu pikin. Na fɔ pe atɛnshɔn to aw i de fil.
- Advays yu pikin tranga wan fɔ nɔ ɛva sheb mɛrɛsin wit ɔda pɔsin.
- If ɛni prɔblɛm ɔ dawt, tɔk to yu dɔktɔ ɔltɛm bifo yu disayd fɔ yusɛf.
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