When we say hyperactivity, that is, 'excessive mobility', families may think of many good or bad things. When we look around us, we have seen more and more active people, whether as children or adults, lately. Can we call all of these hyperactivity? Or is every active child a hyperactive child? Seeing hyperactivity, which has become a situation that families are very afraid of in recent years, as a disorder also causes us to see it as a fearful behavior. However, families and society need to realize that if we see hyperactivity as a difference rather than a disorder, it will be much easier for us both to approach it and to cope with it.
Hyperactivity and attention deficit disorder are seen in one in every ten people. It is not right to see this deficiency not only as an advantage for our children, but also as a very important problem. The most important thing that families need to do for hyperactivity and attention deficit, which can be solved with correct diagnosis and treatment, is to get help from experts in this field. Looking for solutions such as "I was like this too, I got better in later years" or "we can take care of this at home" will make the treatment more difficult and will tire the families even more. If parents, educators and teachers recognize this situation early and provide guidance, it will be an early intervention for habits and problems that may occur later.
In the long term, people who experience failure, substance addiction, crime tendency and social problems are likely to become untreated hyperactive people. This condition, which causes loss of functionality if not treated properly and correct guidance, needs to be intervened in a timely manner. People who are hyperactive may often be accompanied by some other problems. Learning difficulties, conduct disorder, oppositional defiance disorder, mood and anxiety disorders, attention deficits are the most common problems.
There is a false but true belief among the public that active children are much smarter. Every child has more or less mobility, but in order to diagnose a child with hyperactivity, the child must be examined very well. Course success is low and at the same time A child who is very active at first should not be immediately labeled as hyperactivity. Many children do not like studying, going to school, reading books and doing homework. First of all, it is necessary to check whether the reasons why the child does not want to study are due to lack of attention, learning difficulties or low intelligence capacity. Again, if the child is gifted, he may fail because he will understand the lesson much more easily, will get bored of the lesson very quickly, and will remain indifferent and uninterested in the lesson. This should not be considered as hyperactivity. Again, it is necessary to evaluate children's mobility in accordance with their age. There may also be a risk of hyperactivity in children who have uncontrolled mobility or who are constantly moving and who do not sit where they should sit. Every child is active, but can sit in the classroom, listen to the lesson and fulfill his responsibilities, but in children with hyperactivity, this is very difficult and creates a problem because they cannot do this. He pretends to sit and listen to the lessons, but although his body is in the classroom, he wanders around in his imagination. We can also see this same situation in children with attention deficit disorder. It is also difficult for children to study if they have received insufficient behavioral training from their parents, are not well trained in terms of manners, are disobedient, exhibit uncontrolled behavior, break the rules, and disobey their parents. However, it is necessary to distinguish between such children and children with hyperactivity, so that we can overcome the problems with a different approach to these children and a different approach to children with hyperactivity.
There are 3 types of hyperactivity
Attention deficit. predominant hyperactivity
Hyperactivity-predominant hyperactivity
The coexistence of both
The coexistence of attention deficit and hyperactivity is the most common behavioral problem. And it is much more common in boys than in girls. It would not be right to name a single reason that causes attention deficit and hyperactivity. However, the most important reason we can say is genetic transition. Again, brain damage caused by trauma during pregnancy, alcohol smoking, and some diseases in early infancy. It is among the opinions put forward that it may be due to reasons such as pain.
The thing that parents complain about the most is that in the preschool period, he is very active and climbs on doors and windows, and we are very afraid that something will happen to him. When they move on to the school year, they say that they face problems such as hurting other children, harming animals, breaking things, not studying at all, getting bored easily, and in adolescence, they make a lot of mistakes in exams, have fluctuating academic success, and talk in class.
Even if a child is not active, he/she may experience problems such as getting bored easily, not being able to maintain attention, being easily distracted, not being able to listen for a long time, not being able to pay attention to details, making careless mistakes, and being disinterested in lessons. In addition, if there are symptoms such as loss of belongings, forgetfulness, inability to listen for a long time, avoidance of tasks that require attention, we can talk about hyperactivity in which attention deficit is at the forefront. Or there may be attention deficit without hyperactivity. However, in the opposite situation, if one is very careful but overly active and impulsive, only hyperactivity can be mentioned. These kids are fidgety. They move as if they were fitted with a motor. They cannot stay in one place for a long time. They get bored easily. They have an energetic and active nature. They also talk a lot, which is a sign of impulsivity. They interrupt their conversations a lot. They try to answer the question before it is asked and cannot be patient.
Monotony is contrary to the temperament of hyperactive children. Innovation and change are something they constantly want to experience. These children can watch TV for long periods of time and stay in front of computer games for hours. Children who are hyperactive and cannot concentrate their attention can concentrate their attention for a very long time when there is a situation that they like and that attracts their attention. However, this does not mean that they are not hyperactive. Their attention and concentration are often disrupted in tasks that require mental effort and last a long time, and at the beginning of these tasks, They cannot stay for long. Staying in front of the TV and computer for a long time prevents hyperactive children from being distracted because the color, light and image are constantly changing and there is constant movement on the screen. Therefore, the fact that these children spend too much time in front of the computer is not related to their long attention span. At the same time, some computer games appeal to the reward mechanisms of hyperactive children. These children think about getting rewards and thus getting rid of boredom. Here, the control is completely with the child. He can press the button to shut down the computer or switch to another game whenever he wants. In other words, his concentration is high as it is difficult for him to get bored because he is in an activity where he sets his own rules and determines his own time, rather than in an activity determined by others. For this reason, the fact that these children see the successes that they cannot show in the classroom and are satisfied here in the virtual world also increases the internet addiction in these children. The more they fail in classes, the more their addiction will continue to increase. A child who spends hours quietly in front of the computer may initially make the parents relax, but this activity, which brings peace in the short term, will return to the parents as internet addiction in the long term. A child who spends hours passively on the internet becomes more aggressive, cranky, aggressive and combative because he cannot get out his energy. These children should be involved in sports such as swimming, football, basketball, etc., instead of throwing away the energy accumulated within them in the virtual environment, so that the accumulated energy can be released in a healthy way. Otherwise, in the virtual world where negative environments such as violence, gambling and sexuality exist, hyperactive children are under a much greater threat than other children and pose much more negativity than them.
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