5 Non-Prescription Ways to Treat ADHD Symptoms

For many children the medications can work successfully in diminishing the symptoms of ADHD. Yet there are instances where the medications don’t work as well as parents had hoped or they have so many side effects that the medication is stopped. What can be of great benefit is to use a multi-treatment approach combining non-prescription methods with medication if necessary. By HealthCentral Editorial Staff

Sensory Integration Techniques

Sensory Integration Techniques

It is believed by many special educators and developmental therapists that children who have disorders such as ADHD or autism may also have what is called Sensory Integration Dysfunction (sometimes also called Sensory Processing Disorder): that the child is unable to process input from their senses in the same way that most people do. The child may be under or over-sensitive to various environmental stimuli. 

By HealthCentral Editorial Staff— Last Modified: 03/28/2012, First Published: 08/12/2011