hiperactive an attention disorder

dear sir my son is of age 5 years an he is having problem og hiperattention fron since his early  years of his birth  iam concern about this matter when start going school his treacher complaint that he doest sit in class room an doest pay attention to activities going on in the class room though he is very intilligent secondly we dont feel comfortable with him in gatherinng he dont feel like to sit any where i need to pay attention towards him all the tim though he is so snsitive about so many things in the bigning i use to beat him but not now plz advise me what sort of behavioure i should do to improve his personality

[Kevin Kennedy, Ph.D.]

Hyperactivity is not a problem with personality. It is a neurological condition and it not within your son's control. I hope you know now that beating him is wrongheaded and you should not do it. Because of his young age we are reluctant to use medication to treat the condition, but if the hyperactivity is interfering with his success in school medication might be considered. Remember, this is a biological problem and he is not doing this on purpose.