Symptoms of ADHD/ADD in Children
- Behavior problems at home or school
- Academic problems
- Problems getting along with other children
- Often fidgets with hands and feet
- Difficulty remaining seated
- Often interrupts or intrudes upon others.
- Easily distracted by extraneous stimuli
- Has difficulty waiting turns in games
- Often talks excessively
- Difficulty sustaining attention in school
- Often acts without thinking of consequences or behavior
- Low self-esteem and under-achievement
Child Therapy
The first step in working with children is providing a good assessment. Unfortunately, ADHD/ADD can be overdiagnosed by untrained professionals or can be even be entirely missed by professionals who do not understand ADHD/ADD and its impact. At the Bay Area Center for ADHD/ADD, we take the time to provide a thorough assessment before making a diagnosis. We are able to provide a more extensive assessment to understand the child's strengths and weaknesses. We will then develop a treatment plan that may include medication, therapy, parent consultation, family therapy, group therapy, and/or educational therapy. Your treatment plan will be developed around your family and its values. We understand that not everyone feels comfortable giving their children medication, so we will work with you and generally lean towards under medicating children rather than overmedicating them. We also provide Parent Child Interaction Therapy, a proven therapy for dealing with children's behavior problems like oppositional defiance, which occurs 40% of the time when children also have ADHD/ADD. We can help your family become happier, help protect your child's sense of self esteem, and help your family succeed.