How Do You Medicate Children With ADD/ADHD?
ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) or ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder) affect 30 percent of children around the world. Some children have mild enough cases that medication may be considered too risky due to the side effects of the medicines. Other children have such severe cases that medication is required, and if one dose is missed, the child does not act as they normally would when they have received their medication. Place the child into the high chair or the restraint seat according to their age. Some children are smaller than the average size for their age, and the high chair can be used longer than four years. Other children are quite large for their age and a booster chair with a seatbelt should be used. Administer the correct dosage of the current medication into the child’s hand if it is a pill, and directly into the spoon or measuring device if it is a liquid. Offer the child his or her favorite drink to help swallow the medication down. Make sure to look into the
