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The path that takes you from high school student, to college or university graduate to employee can be tricky to navigate. There are a few simple steps you can follow to ease the transition; consider your interests and talents, develop your skills, choose your occupation and, find a job. Asking the right questions will help you to find the right answers . You can ask yourself, talk to Guidance councillors and professionals – starting with your relatives and teachers, career councillors, or do some research online. Other resources include career studies classes and clubs, as well as cooperative education programs like eCo-op.  Take every opportunity to attend career fairs, go-to-work days, and informally interview everyone and anyone when you get a chance. As you set out to discover what career path you want to follow, keep in mind that choosing your classes, programs and eventually your career is an ongoing journey of discovery that you can start by taking these few steps in the right direction.

Step 1: Ask yourself these questions

• What subjects do I enjoy and why?
• In what subjects do I perform well?
• Are there classes I haven’t taken but am very curious about?
• If I could imagine myself waking up each and every morning happy to be gong to a job, what would I be doing?
• What is my dream occupation?
• What do I do for fun?
• What do I like, or did I like, about previous jobs or volunteer positions I’ve held

Do you see a trend? Is a picture forming? Now what college or university programs are available that will help you achieve your to your goal.

Step 2: Ask around

Ask someone who has already started their journey along the career path such as your parents, teachers, and other friends. How did they decide? What is their dream job? What level of education have they achieved?  What have they learned along the way that might help you as you take these first steps?  Remember that every person started from a different place and that many are pleasantly surprised about where their individual career path has taken them.

Step 2: Develop your skills

At this point in your journey you may not be sure which skills you will need. And, in the environment of changing technologies and the global marketplace, the skills you will need may not even exist yet. So start with a strong foundation – an education. Be sure to select programs during the high school years that will allow you to apply to your desired post-secondary course. If your school doesn’t offer a particular program, or you didn’t take something that you now need, don’t worry. There are lots of online credit schools that offer maths, sciences, arts, social studies and technology.

Step 3: Gain hands on experience

No better way to see if you enjoy a line of work than getting out there and trying it out. Hands-on experience will move closer to your goal of finding the career that suits you best. In a workplace, you begin to understand the dynamics of the environment and gain exposure to jobs you may not have known even existed. A combination of education and practical experience are powerful tools to help you understand where you would like to see your journey lead you. Consider volunteer internships.

Yes, some people know what they want to do from a young age, get the required education and live the lifestyle of their dreams. However if you don’t know, prepare for the journey ahead by following your heart, your head, and taking one small step after another along your life-long career path.

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When we think of ADHD children we usually think that they are a ‘problem’! I remember one counsellor telling parents to enjoy their ADHD children and tell them every day how they value them. They can be funny , creative and intelligent. Children with ADHD are sometimes extremely talented and the number of actors and sportspersons who have had this disorder are too numerous to mention, but they have led happy and successful lives.

It is very often the parents of ADHD children who are the problem although I am sure they do not intend that to be the case. First problem is the actual diagnosis of ADHD children. Very often, this is left to chance in that they will seek a diagnosis from a doctor who has not had much experience with the disorder. Parents need to talk to other parents and find out which doctors in their areas are ADHD specialists. It can make an enormous difference.

Many doctors are just not interested and will not take time out to TALK and explain things to the parents – indeed, many have been accused of acting like a vet with their pet cat ! This may simply be because they are not wised up on ADHD. Your child’s teacher can help though in recommending a doctor – she knows the kids in her class who are responding to treatment.

Combination therapy with ADHD medication is usually the best path to follow. But which medication ? Psychostimulant drugs used for ADHD are full of unknown risks. So much so that the security forces and military will put restrictions on recruiting young people who have been on these drugs as they are regarded as a risk. There are now risks of “psychosis and mania in some patients” taking these drugs although obviously these cases are rare. It is disturbing though to read of the drug companies’ reluctance to put black box warnings on the packaging for these drugs. There is too much at stake!

But why risk all that – why place a further handicap on our ADHD children? And why are we medicating a disorder ? A pill anyway is NOT going to help ADHD children learn coping and self-management skills. Looking at ADHD natural treatments is going to help your ADHD child much more and are free from suspicious side effects. You can be sure that such a cure will not haunt him for the rest of his life and he will be able to cope a lot better with this disorder through wise parenting and behavioural therapy. The best decision for many wise parents is not to go down the psychostimulants road at all. There are details of a natural ADDH cure in the link below.

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What if I told you that your child might be at risk from sudden death or a heart attack if he or she were taking ADHD conventional medication? This has actually happened in Canada where the ADHD drug Adderall has been withdrawn. It is easy to understand why parents are turning to ADHD homeopathic remedies which are safe, effective and much cheaper ! There is absolutely no need to have your child go through a cardiac check up before taking these medicines. There are no side effects with homeopathic ADHD remedies – period!

It was Hippocrates, the father of medicine, who also invented homeopathy – treating like with like.

How does homeopathy work? If you peel an onion you may start having all the symptoms of a cold or allergy – watery eyes and running nose. Allium Cepa is the substance (extracted from the onion) which causes this reaction in a healthy person and if we give it as a homeopathic remedy for a cold or allergy which have the same symptoms, then the body’s immune system will be stronger and be able to fight the cold symptoms. There are a whole list of homeopathic substances which have been carefully studied by homeopaths as a help to alleviate ADHD symptoms.

The basic principle of homeopathy is that it helps restore mind and body balance which is often distorted when a child suffers from ADHD. It aims to treat the whole person. Homeopathy is not a miracle cure but it can make a child’s and parent’s life more tolerable.

Can you imagine a natural cure for ADHD which does not use chemicals or harmful additives and is easy to take? The substances are taken from plants and minerals which have great healing and restorative powers. Homeopathic remedies are sweet tasting and can be administered to kids very easily by placing the tiny pills under the tongue. The only precaution one has to take is to avoid using your hands to give the medicine – you can use the cap of the bottle or container for this purpose. Another precaution – you have to make sure that the medicine is not given after the child has eaten some very strong flavours such as caffeine, chocolate or mint.

In deciding which company to aim for you will need to ensure that it is a quality supplier – you can easily gauge this from their website. You may want to know if there is an unconditional one year guarantee- that is very rare these days. Does the website provide a host of informative articles and free ebooks for downloading ? You should also ascertain if the ADHD homeopathic remedies developed by the company are under FDA supervision and employ qualified clinical psychologists and trained homeopaths – if so, you can feel safe in the knowledge that your ADHD child is getting the best possible ADHD treatment. The link below will give you all the information so that you can decide for yourself.

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It is very common to have a learning disability along with ADHD. In fact, research shows that thirty percent of people with ADHD also have a learning disability. Beyond learning disabilities, over fifty percent of individuals with ADHD have some other type of brain-based disorder. This is why depression, anxiety, OCD, bipolar disorder and other similar disorders are higher than normal in ADD clients.

One type of learning disability that almost every person with ADD will have is an integrative processing deficit. This is the ability to take in information, process it quickly and make use of it. Most people with ADD are either slower than others in doing this or have trouble doing it at all. It is not that they do not understand the information, but conflicting signals will make it difficult to fully process.

Another common learning disability in people with ADHD is working memory problems. Working memory is another term for short term memory, or information that is told to you in the moment. This can affect information you hear, read, etc. Working memory is important for doing well academically and in your work.

Another learning disability that is common in ADHD clients is problems with visual/spatial processing. This is not too surprising since most people with ADHD have problems with organizing space. Academically, this will affect subjects such as geometry and physics.

Other common learning disabilities are dyslexia, reading comprehension, arithmetic reasoning, oral expression, written expression, foreign language acquisition, syntactic processing and most likely other learning disabilities. This is why getting a thorough examination at the start is so important. An individual may be dealing with ADHD, but he or she may be dealing with a learning disability as well. And though you cannot directly do anything about a learning disability, it is good to know you have one and how it affects your ability to function. Also, you may receive academic accommodations as well as job accommodations if diagnosed with an LD.

In order to find out if you have a learning disability, it will be necessary to go through a lengthy set of tests that compare and contrast your IQ, personality and interests. If you do significantly better on one aspect of a test than another, this could signify a learning disability. For example, if you do really well on the verbal part of your IQ test and not so well on the visual/spatial section of the IQ test, you may have a learning disability.

It is not known exactly why ADD often comes with some type of learning disability. Most likely, the atypical wiring of an ADDer has something to do with it. New research is being done every day on the brain and how it works, and science definitely does not have all the answers to these questions yet.

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I was a ‘soccer mom’ for about two weeks. I enrolled my 4-year old and 2-year old in a Toronto soccer club. They were both so excited to play (like their big auntie and uncle), but it turned out to be very short lived.

My son’s toddler program was unfortunately cancelled and when my daughter found that out, she was crushed and didn’t want to play. We still tried—I would race out of work, pick the kids up from summer camp and head straight to the field with snacks and treats in tow. My daughter would proudly put on her soccer uniform (all the teams were named after the FIFA World Cup countries.  Her team was Spain and from the start, our hopes were high!), but that’s where the fun stopped.  Dressed in her replica uniform, she refused to play and would sit on the sidelines and watch the rest of her team run from one side of the field to the other.  We continued to go to as many games as we could, sometimes staying for the whole game, other times heading home early…but my daughter still refused to play.

It made me think how much parents should encourage kids to pursue various activities. This was my first experience of enrolling my kids into something that they didn’t want to continue. Everyone seems to say that it’s not good to push kids too much, but how do you know what the right balance is? I used to take piano lessons, but stopped in high school (though I regret it and hope to start playing again, when I enrol my kids).  I too wasn’t serious about playing soccer when I was younger—my friends and I would walk around the field eating snacks and catching up on schoolyard gossip.  I wish I did play though. I wish my parents—though they are amazing and let me do things I can’t even imagine letting my kids do, like traveling alone throughout India for 6 months—pushed me just a little more to continue some of the things I started.

I know that my kids are still very young and there’s lots of time for them to try and discover new things. I just hope that I can find the right balance of encouragement and independence. And I haven’t given up on soccer yet! This season is over, but next season we’ll be back at it, hopefully playing on the field this time!

Any advice?

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When it comes to counseling and ADHD, anything is better than nothing. Some courses of treatment will most likely be more helpful than others, but talking about one’s problems will help ease the feelings of being alone that ADDers tend to have. All therapy will work better if the individual is on medication and has been educated about their disorder. This article will be just aq small part of the education you require in order to deal with ADHD or someone close to you with ADHD.

When it comes to treatment, the first outlet you want to seek is a psychiatrist or psychologist trained in diagnosing attention deficit disorder. Get a clear diagnosis for your child or for yourself. Know what you are dealing with and go from there. After a diagnosis has been made, the doctor will prescribe medication and most likely counseling as well. Some doctors will be more knowledgeable than others about the disorder, and it will be to your benefit to find someone that is. Do some of your own research just to see what is out there for resources in your area. A wealth of information is offered by the author of this article.

Psychotherapy is often necessary for individuals with ADD for various reasons. Some people do not have many issues after they are diagnosed, get some kind of medication as well as education about their disorder. Others have been living for years with the disorder without even knowing it. This will cause a lot of problems for the individual, and their path will be much more complex. Self-esteem will most likely be low in these individuals after years of not achieving what they know they can. Relationships have been affected by the previously unknown disorder, and the individual has to rework their entire life. It is not a simple process, and can be quite painful. It is necessary in counseling to learn how to structure goals and plans, but reconstructing self concept is just as important. The balance of these two intermingling goals can be difficult for the therapist to employ. You will want to seek out an experienced therapist for the best results.

The complexity of ADD and the psychological problems that can come with it make it essential that the therapist is very familiar in dealing with ADD. It will be of no help to the client if their therapist knows less than they do about their disorder. This will only reinforce their low self esteem and deep feelings of being misunderstood.

Group therapy can also be very helpful to individuals with ADD. ADDers thrive off group support and really like the feeling of being understood and belonging. It would be ideal to find a group for people with ADD, but if none exists there are other similar groups that will help. There are national organizations that deal solely with ADD such as CHADD, and there are local chapters across the country. All you need to do is hop online and see which group is near you.

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