What are some additional strategies for managing my child’s ADHD at home?

What are some additional strategies for managing my child’s ADHD at home?

A child with ADHD typically may become hyper focused with activities of interest. For example, children can spend hours in front of a screen playing video games, but they may have trouble finishing even simple homework assignments, or they may throw tantrums and refuse to do chores or schoolwork at home.

Your child uses a certain kind of attention — called automatic attention — when doing something that is of interest to them. However, things that require effort, such as homework, require a different type of attention — called directed or effortful attention — which is harder to use and requires much more effort.