However, just as one teaches the brain to be ADHD, one can train it to pay attention as well.

As a former elementary school principal, I had many kids on medication, but they still hadn’t acquired skills like filtering out distractions, finishing tasks on-time, good use of working & short-term memory, etc. Those skills have to be learned and someone must teach them. I finally found a program called Play Attention (www.playattention.com) at the Florida Ed Tech conference. It combines attention training, cognitive skill training, memory training, and behavioral shaping into one program. I had great success with my kids using this.

It’s difficult to find the answer for each individual child as they’re all different. We can’t delude ourselves into thinking that they’ll get skills they don’t have by osmosis or a pill. We’ve got to lead the way as parents and educators.