Did you know that after-school activities can help lessen side effects of ADHD and decrease the number of days a child misses at school? A recent article stated that the number of days a child missed school days were lowered by 60% due to participating in these programs. They believe a structured environment like these programs provides can also lower incidents of disruptive behavior. Maybe this research will encourage pediatricians to consider promoting after-school activities to parents to benefit children with ADHD.

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