*An ADD Child's Bill of Rights*

"Help me to focus"
~Please teach me through my sense of "touch." I need "hands-on" and body movement.

"I need to know what comes next"
~Please give me a structured environment where there is a dependable routine. Give me an advanced warning if there will be changes."

"Wait for me, I'll still thinking"
~Please allow me to go at my own pace. If I rush, I get confused and upset.

"I'm stuck, I can't do it!"
~Please offer me options for problem-solving. I need to know the detours when the road is blocked.

"I didn't forget, I didn't hear it in the first place"
~Please give me directions one step at a time and ask me to say back what I think you said.

"I didn't know I WASN'T in my seat!"
~Please remind me to stop, think and act.

"Am I almost done now?"
~Please give me short work periods with short-term goals.

"What?"
~Please don't say, "I already told you that." Tell me again in different words.  Give me a signal. Draw me a symbol.

"I know, it's ALL wrong, isn't it?"
~Please give me praise for partial success. Reward me for self-improvement, not just for perfection.

"But why do I always get yelled at?"
~Please catch me doing something right and praise me for my specific positive behavior. Remind me (and yourself) about my good points, when I'm having a bad day.