Much of what is already known about injury prevention may be particularly useful for people with ADHD. Some suggestions for parents include:
Ensure bicycle helmet use. Remind children as often as necessary to watch for cars and to avoid unsafe activities.
Supervise children when they are involved in high-risk activities or are in risky settings, such as when climbing or when in or around a swimming pool.
Keep potentially harmful household products, tools, equipment, and objects out of the reach of young children.
Teens with ADHD may need to limit the amount of music listened to in the car while driving, drive without passengers and/or keep the number of passengers to a chosen few, plan trips well ahead of time, avoid alcohol and drug use, and avoid cellular phone usage.
Parents may want to enroll their teens in driving safety courses before they get their driver's license.
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