WITH MAINLY CLOUDY SKIES. SO
HERE'S OUR 7 DAY FORECAST
WATCHING A PARADE HEADING INTO
OUR WEEKEND ALL RIGHT, THANKS.
KELLY, YOU KNOW WE'VE BEEN
TELLING YOU A LOT OF PARENTS
ARE FINDING IT'S A STRUGGLE TO
SWITCH TO SCHOOLING AT HOME
AND IT CAN BE ESPECIALLY HARD
FOR CHILDREN WITH LEARNING
DISABILITIES. WELL JOINING US
THIS MORNING DOCTOR GREG
MATTINGLY, AN EXPERT ON ADHD
GOOD MORNING.
DOCTOR COULDN'T HEAR GOOD
MORNING HIGH. SO HOW DOES IT
BEING OUT OF SCHOOL IS
SPECIFICALLY IN OLD RUN WITH
ADHD.
SO CHILDREN WITH ADHD
OBVIOUSLY THEY TEND TO THRIVE
ON STRUCTURE. AND RIGHT NOW
EVERYTHING IN THEIR LIFE HAS
CHANGED. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO
SCHOOL THEY'RE NOT SEEING
FRIENDS. PARENTS ARE HAVING TO
BECOME THE NEW TEACHERS AND SO
YOU KNOW LIKE THIS CHANGE BUT
THERE'S A NUMBER OF POSITIVE
TIPS. THEY CAN HELP TO MAKE
THIS A MORE POSITIVE
ENVIRONMENT FOR CHILDREN.
AND SO SPECIFICALLY WITH
KIDS WITH ADHD YOU KNOW WHAT
BEHAVIORS SHOULD PARENTS BE
WATCHING OUT FOR AT HOME AS
THEY DO THIS DISTANCE
LEARNING.
YEAH, SO WATCH FOR YOUR
CHILDREN, DEVELOPING SYMPTOMS
OF FRUSTRATION ANXIETY
INSOMNIA AND SOMETIMES EVEN
SECONDARY DEPRESSIONS IN OUR
CHILDREN AS THEY BECOME
DISTANCE AS THEY'RE
FRUSTRATED. SOME OF THE TIPS
THAT WE HAVE FOUND TO BE
SUCCESSFUL IS YOU KNOW KEEP A
STRUCTURE WITHIN THEIR DAILY
ENVIRONMENT IN THE SAME WAY
SCHOOL HAS STRUCTURE YOUR HOME
LEARNING ENVIRONMENT SHOULD
HAVE STRUCTURE. GET UP IN A
CERTAIN TINY BREAKFAST START
THE DAY START THE DAY WITH THE
CLASS THAT THEY ENJOY THAT
THEY LOOK FORWARD TO SO THEY
CAN HAVE AN AFFIRMATION OF
SOMETHING THEY'VE DONE WELL
AND THEN BREAKING INTO CHUNKS
AND WORK TOWARDS A MORE
DIFFICULT CLASS YOU SEE ABOUT
1030 IN THE MORNING. THAT'S
WHEN CONCENTRATION TENDS TO BE
THE BEST FOR CHILDREN WITH
ADHD. REMEMBER THE IMPORTANCE
OF MODELING YOUR CHILDREN WILL
MIRROR THE BEHAVIOR THEY SEE
FROM YOU. SO IF YOU'RE RUNNING
AROUND YOUR HAIR ON FIRE. YOUR
CHILDREN WILL HAVE THEIR HAIR
ON FIRE. IF YOU'RE STRESSED
AND ANXIOUS AND BLOWING UP AND
MOVES YOU KNOW RAISING YOUR
VOICE YOUR CHILDREN BLOW UP
AND RAISE YOUR VOICE. IF YOU
APPROACH YOUR CHILD IT CAN TO
COME. IF YOU GIVE THEM
POSITIVE AFFIRMATIONS PRAISE
AND THEN YOU STOP AND PRAISE
YOURSELF, YOUR CHILDREN WILL
MODEL THAT BACK TO THE MAYOR
THAT BEHAVIOR. SO STRUCTURE
AFTER MATION CONSISTENCY AND
THEN ONCE AGAIN DON'T FORGET
THE IMPORTANCE OF EXERCISE
CHILDREN WITH ADHD EVEN MORE
THAN NORMAL CHILDREN BENEFIT
FROM AN OUTLOOK PHYSICALLY
IT'S NOT JUST GOOD FOR THE
BODY, ESPECIALLY GOOD FOR THE
BRAIN. THERE'S A RESOURCE OUT
THERE CALLED MOORE TO ADHD DOT
COM. A NUMBER OF US HAVE PUT
TOGETHER THE TALKS ABOUT
SOMEBODY AT HOME LEARNING TIPS
STRATEGIES AND HAS EDUCATIONAL
VIDEOS. I THINK PARENTS WILL
FIND VERY HELPFUL IN LEARNING
ENVIRONMENT.
YEAH, I MEAN I'M I'M A MOM
AND I KNOW THE DISTANCE
LEARNING THING IS IS IT CAN BE
DEFINITELY FRUSTRATING SO
ESPECIALLY FOR PARENTS WITH
CHILDREN WITH ADHD WHEN THEY
HAVE THOSE MOMENTS OF
FRUSTRATION, I KNOW POSITIVE
REINFORCEMENT IS IS REALLY BIG
WITH KIDS WITH ADHD SO HOW CAN
PARENTS IT DO THAT AND CREATE
THAT POSITIVE LEARNING
ENVIRONMENT.
YOU SAID IT EXACTLY RIGHT.
ALL OF US THRIVE ON POSITIVE
REINFORCEMENT THE KIDS WITH
ADHD ESPECIALLY REQUIRED WITH
IT'S A RULE 5 5 POSITIVE
AFFIRMATIONS FOR EVERY ONE
TIME WE HAVE TO SET A LIMIT
AND IT'S EASY WHEN YOU'RE
FRUSTRATED ALL THE SUDDEN
EVERYTHING GETS TO BE
FRUSTRATION TAKING THINGS AWAY
GETTING UPSET. SO 5 POSITIVE
AFFIRMATIONS BREAKING INTO
SMALL CHUNKS START WITH THAT
FIRST CHUNK OF THE DAY TO BE
SOMETHING THEY'RE GOING TO BE
SUCCESSFUL WITH PLAN IT THAT
WAY ON PURPOSE, GIVE THEM
AFFIRMATIONS AND WHAT MY
PARENTS I LOOKED AT THE
CALLING IT A CHECKLIST SHE
CALLED THE CHECKOFF LIST EVERY
TIME THEY GET SOMETHING
ACCOMPLISHED A CHECK IT OFF A
LITTLE HAPPY DANCE TO GIVE
EACH OTHER HIGH-FIVES THE KID
IS REINFORCED AND THEY WORK ON
THE NEXT CHUNK. AND THEN ONCE
AGAIN SELF-MONITOR YOURSELF
ALL OF US CAN GET STRESSED IN
THESE TIMES AND OUR CHILDREN
WILL PICK UP ON THAT
AFFIRMATIONS SPEND TIME WITH
YOUR CHILDREN. IT'S A GREAT
TIME.
YEAH DOCTOR GREAT MATT LEE,
THANK YOU SO SAYS SUCH GREAT
ADVICE FOR A LOT OF THESE
PARENTS THAT ARE REALLY
STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW AND AGAIN
TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THESE
TIPS AND HOW TO HELP YOUR KIDS
IF THEY HAVE ADHD AND THEY'RE
AT HOME JUST GO TO MORE TO