Counselors will get questions from concerned caregivers when medication treatment is recommended. It is important to be able to provide factual and non-biased responses to their questions. In this assignment, you will respond to a list of frequently asked questions to practice explaining medication treatment information in your own clear language.
Imagine that you are the counselor for a school-aged child who has recently been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The childs primary caretaker (parent or guardian) has concerns about the diagnosis and the medication options recommended by other health care providers.
Reply to each of the caretakers concerns below in 1,400 total words as if you were the counselor in this situation.
Explain using professional language understandable to the client.
Remain within your limits of practice when counseling this client.
Support accurate statements with current peer-reviewed research.
Caretakers Concerns
- What is ADHD?
- We dont really believe ADHD is real. It was never diagnosed when I was a kid, and now it is always diagnosed. How do you know my child has ADHD?
- What do we do, just take medication for it?
- How do these medications work?
- I dont want them getting addicted to the medication. What else can we do?
- If I change my childs diet, can we avoid medication?
- We dont think its worth it to require medication. What are the consequences of not treating ADHD or of not taking the medication?
- What do we tell our other health providers?
- My child is very difficult to handle at home all the time. While I dont want him just drugged up, how do I get him to listen and behave?
- Will my child grow out of ADHD?
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