ADHD in Children and Teens

Neuro-Linguistic Learning Center

Helping Children, Teens and Adults Succeed in the 21st Century

Every Year, thousands of children are diagnosed as having Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) or Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD). Every year, these children and many more like them are labeled, shamed and marginalized often because they simply lack the ability to adapt themselves to a predetermined set of "normal" behaviors and education standards.

All too often, they find themselves the proverbial square peg desperately trying to fit into a round hole. As the pressure to be like everyone else increases, they feel more and more isolated. Eventually, fear, sadness and desperation are replaced with bitterness, anger and resignation.

Leaving aside the politics of education in America and the ever-increasing demands placed upon teachers, the spectrum of children effectively served by our educational system has seemingly become more and more narrow.

Without a suitable or receptive educational system with which to guide them, more and more ADHD children and their parents are left to their own devices. Moreover, many parents are subsequently convinced by doctors, teachers and other, so-called professionals that because their ADHD child does not fit into a rigidly defined set of behavioral norms, they are disabled—“broken”.

The sad part is that many of the special abilities or gifts that these children possess are outside of the statistical norms and are, therefore, ignored or worse, completely misunderstood.

And without sufficient understanding of their “gifts”, these children and their parents struggle to fit into a strict and unyielding regimen of physical, emotional, intellectual, and social requirements. Many of these children will unfortunately find themselves on the “detention, suspension, expulsion” track, and gradually be purged from the system, again, to fend for themselves.

If, however, parents are willing to concede to the prevailing perception that their child is ‘disabled’ and if they are willing (and able) to fight to the newly discovered rights of their now disabled child, they can often receive extra services and accommodations in the form of an Individual educational Program (IEP). They may even qualify for services under section 504 of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

It is unfortunate that so many parents seem to have no other option except to succumb to this pressure. At the Neuro-Linguistic Learning Center, we want to return to parents and children the belief in their God-given, natural abilities.

We want to give parents and children the ability to understand and appreciate the unique gifts ADHD children bring to the world. And we want to give them the knowledge, skills and ability to overcome the limitations of ADHD so that they can succeed effectively in the classroom and in life.

At the El Dorado Hills Neuro-Linguistic Learning Center, our Specialized Learning Programs help children and adults take their own unique skills and abilities and use them in new and effective ways. In some cases, we help them acquire them new skills and more effective learning strategies to complement their existing skills.