Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a chronic condition that affects millions of children and often continues into adulthood. ADHD includes a combination of persistent problems, such as difficulty sustaining attention, hyperactivity and impulsive behavior.

ADHD may make learning particularly challenging for your child. Learn to identify the signs that why and how your ADHD child is facing challenges in reading and learning, and find out how you can help your child.

How ADHD Can Impact Learning

ADHD can impact the process of learning in several different ways. These include your child's ability to maintain attention, resist distractions, and organize information.

Attention & Focus

Learning requires the ability to stay focused. Children with ADHD frequently struggle with short-span attention, making it difficult for them to concentrate. This is especially true if the subject matter is less interesting.

Find books and stories that cater to your child's interests, especially in the early stages of learning. Use this strategy to help sustain your child's attention and make learning a more positive and enjoyable process.

A child who shows a pattern of inattention may often:

• Fail to pay close attention to details or make careless mistakes in schoolwork
• Have trouble staying focused in tasks or play
• Appear not to listen, even when spoken to directly
• Have difficulty following through on instructions and fail to finish schoolwork or chores
• Have trouble organizing tasks and activities
• Avoid or dislike tasks that require focused mental effort, such as homework
• Lose items needed for tasks or activities, for example, toys, school assignments, pencils
• Be easily distracted
• Forget to do some daily activities, such as forgetting to do chores

Scope of Intervention

Cognitive behavioral therapy, individual counselling sessions, hypnotherapy, counselling of parents and teachers, and in severe cases medications are commonly employed therapeutic approaches to manage the ADHD patients.

Scientists evaluated the learning skills, well-being, and self-care habits of a set of college students with ADHD in a study. The investigational group received weekly telephonic counselling sessions as intervention, which was compared against a control group that did not receive such intervention. The scores on Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI) Scale and College Well-Being Scale were significantly better in students who received counselling intervention.

As a teacher or a parent, being mindful of the fact that a child with ADHD may face challenges in regard to their learning and education., They need care and compassion instead of anger and punishment. This can help a great deal in terms of improving the learning behavior of ADHD patients.