The most powerful healing you can give your child is to develop a deep, connected relationship and find the underlying causes of his challenges. There is no question that parenting affects brain development. Even damaged brains are capable of remarkable and amazing changes. Research shows that our brains can create new neural pathways and modify existing ones to adapt to new experiences, learn new information, and create new memories. Our brains are continually reorganizing, and science shows the brain has the capability to change, adapt and rewire itself. Healing can happen when you find the cause of the behavior and the underlying physical imbalances – and you work on removing them. When you dig deeper into it and figure out the causes (physical, emotional, and developmental) of the behaviors that make up the diagnosis, then you are on track to help your child thrive and you can bring harmony into your home. But your child doesn’t “have” ADHD, he has a variety of symptoms and behaviors – with underlying cause or causes that are unique to your child.ĭo you want to treat this thing called ADHD or this thing called ODD or this thing called anxiety? Or do you want to get to the root cause or causes of the behaviors and symptoms – and remove them? The label of ADHD is a way to define a set of symptoms and behaviors so that treatment can be established. If your child has been diagnosed with ADHD or ODD, it’s not something that your child “has”. I’d like to suggest another way to look at this that may seem a little radical. And many of the underlying physical imbalances, especially neurotransmitter imbalances and chemical/metal toxicity, will affect brain chemistry. Chronic emotional stress and trauma will affect brain development. It might be beneficial to look into all the potential underlying causes I mentioned earlier in this blog series. ![]() “What behaviors or symptoms is my child experiencing and what are the underlying causes of these behaviors or symptoms?” Instead of asking “does my child have ADHD” a deeper, more important question might be… Each of the symptoms or behaviors that make up the disorders or the physical issues have an underlying cause or perhaps multiple causes. Many kids with ADHD behavior also have behaviors that fit into mood disorders and they may have symptoms like tics, sleep problems, allergies, or other physical chronic issues. Executive functioning is believed to be delayed or inefficient in children with ADHD, compared to their peers of the same age.ĪDHD can be complex because of co-existing conditions – more than one disorder or symptoms at the same time. Remember that this part of the brain is in continual development and may not be fully developed until age 30. As I mentioned in my post Is Your Angry Child Purposely Defiant or Emotionally Stressed?, the prefrontal cortex is the part of the brain that manages executive functioning. These behaviors are mostly related to delayed development of executive function of the brain. Here are the typical behaviors and symptoms of ADHD. In this model, if your child has been given a diagnosis of ADHD, then he “has’ this disorder, and he can be treated for it.īut let’s take step back and think about it – what is a disorder? It’s a set of behaviors and symptoms. ![]() In the medical model, there is a diagnosis of ADHD. ADHD is not a mood or behavior disorder it’s considered a developmental disorder, but there is a high overlap in kids who are being diagnosed with ADHD and a mood or behavior disorder such as anxiety or ODD. ![]() Let’s go deeper into this with the example of ADHD. If your child has been diagnosed with ADHD or a mood disorder, it might seem that the disorder is the cause of the intense behavior and meltdowns. These are a few of the conditions now being diagnosed in children at alarming rates.
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