| More than 4 million American children ages 4 to 17 | | | | sounds etc. he experienced in his head when he was |
| have been diagnosed with ADHD; more than half | | | | 'kicking off.' |
| diagnosed are being treated with drugs. (Source. | | | | He told me they were Dexter cartoons , and that |
| NCQA - National Committee for Quality Assurance) | | | | the sound was kind of s-l-u-r-r-y. We dealt with his |
| Additionally almost 50% of children with AHDH have | | | | inner images and his slurry sound until he had one |
| been suspended from school at some point. | | | | fixed color picture and sound was a normal speed. |
| ADHD is a neurobiological condition and a | | | | He even tried to get back his old images, just to |
| developmental disorder which results in problems with | | | | check it out for himself. |
| impulsiveness, attention span and hyperactivity. | | | | As we went through the process and 'chatted' he |
| It does not have to be that way. Neuro-Linguistic | | | | fiddled less and less with the Rubik's cube until finally |
| Programming offers amazing tools for children to | | | | he placed it on the table in front of him. Wow, he |
| take charge of their 'brains' and hence their actions. | | | | then gave me full eye contact and we just talked a |
| Misunderstood ...certainly, drug treatment - not | | | | normal conversation. |
| necessarily. | | | | I told the Head teacher about our experience and |
| J...had a diagnosis of ADHD, was in Year 5 (aged 10) | | | | she totally took it on board. When a 'kicking off' was |
| and had been excluded yet again for the day when I | | | | anticipated she asked him, 'Do you remember the |
| arrived at school. It was lunchtime and he rarely | | | | work you did with Mrs. O.? How many pictures do |
| managed an afternoon. I had only read an article on | | | | you have now? |
| NLP and ADHD at the weekend. | | | | He was able to adjust his internal images and calm |
| J...was not on my caseload of children at this school, | | | | himself down. With this input and a change of |
| but I needed to wait until lunch was over. I could not | | | | teacher the following year, not only did his exclusion |
| believe I had the opportunity to try out this stuff so | | | | stop - he was able to go on a one-week residential |
| soon. | | | | trip with his class. |
| I sat with J..., built rapport with him and engaged him | | | | Some say their brains don't work properly. Maybe no |
| in conversation. All the time he was playing with a | | | | one has shown them how! |
| 'Rubiks cube' and giving me virtually no eye contact. | | | | Following that I became a NLP Master Practitioner |
| During the conversation he told me he had 'kicked | | | | and NLP Life Coach, using my NLP tools extensively |
| off' in class. I went through the process I'd only read | | | | with children and adults in and out of school. |
| about at that time. I asked him about the images, | | | | |