How to Talk to Your Young Child About His or Her ADHD Diagnosis
Now that your young child has been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, you might be wondering about how to inform him or her about the diagnosis. What level of detail should you convey? Should you even say anything at all and wait for behaviors to improve once parenting techniques, medications and other treatments have been in place for a while?
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