What to do if children have intellectual disabilities

If your child is very different from other children of the same age in terms of learning, language, movements, and self-care, you should pay more attention. It is best to take your child to the hospital for a check-up to see if he or she suffers from mental retardation. If confirmed, treatment should be given. There is hope for recovery if treatment is given in the early stages. Next, let's take a look at the methods for treating mental retardation.

1. Symptomatic treatment

Children with mental retardation may sometimes have symptoms of hyperactivity, which can be treated as ADHD. How to treat children with intellectual disability? It is not certain whether the "brain tonic drugs" on the market are effective in improving intelligence, but they generally have no serious side effects, so they can be tried. As children grow older, their intelligence may improve, but this is not necessarily due to the efficacy of the medication.

2. Drug treatment

For the few patients with clear etiology and effective treatment, timely etiological treatment should be carried out. Nootropics with a higher safety factor: γ-aminotyric acid tablets, piracetam tablets, aniracetam tablets, Brain Antai, brain aminopeptide, nerve growth factor, vincamine, cyclomandelate, brain resurrection, lysine, nucleotides, Yizhen capsules, etc.

3. Rehabilitation training

Rehabilitation training can be given to moderate patients to enable them to take care of themselves. How to treat children with intellectual disability? Strengthen language training. The core of intelligence is thinking ability, and language is the tool of thinking. Therefore, in order to promote the development of intelligence, we must pay attention to language cultivation and training.

4. Education

For mild patients, the main "treatment" is education, broadening their horizons and cultivating their personality. Being well-informed can develop wisdom and cultivate sentiments. Just like normal children, they should be taken out to appreciate the natural scenery, told interesting stories, and allowed to learn to play games that they can understand and dare to communicate and interact with others.

The above content is an introduction to the treatment of mental retardation. You can choose appropriate treatment measures according to the child’s condition. You should also give your child more support in normal times and never complain about yourself. Although the child does not understand what you mean, he can feel your mood, which will have a bad influence on him.