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Articles on Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder for teachers and other educators. "Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) (sometimes also referred to as ADD, an earlier name many feel is still more applicable to many individuals) is a psychiatric diagnosis that identifies characteristics such as hyperactivity, forgetfulness, mood shifts, poor impulse control, and distractibility, when judged to be chronic, as symptoms of a neurological pathology. ADHD is commonly diagnosed among children. When diagnosed in adults, it is regarded as adult attention-deficit disorder (AADD). It is believed that anywhere between 30 to 70% of children diagnosed with ADHD retain the disorder as adults." Source: Wikipedia.
By: Tellman H. Knudson
Were you a question machine when you were a kid? How come dogs can poop outside, but you won't let me? Why do raspberries have seeds? How do you know for sure that Santa Claus is watching me every single day? Doesn't he have more important things to do?If you were lucky, your parents made up some kind of answer, if they didn't know it already. But, more often than not, kids that ask a lot of questions are told to keep still. If you have ADD, this was probably you, and
2: Attention Deficit Disorder: What Should We Do? (1.50/5)
by Lisa Harp
It is estimated that there are over 2.5 million people who are diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder. The majority of these are boys. As a mother of a boy and a teacher, I have seen first hand the evidence of this, and I have to ask why we, as a nation, are content to medicate these beautiful, brilliant children instead of questioning the methods of teaching and choosing alternative educational settings for them.
Wouldn't it be easier to reform our educational system tha
3: ADHD or Gifted? What Parents Should Know (2.00/5)
by David Palmer, Ph.D.
ADHD or Gifted? What Parents Need to Know
By David Palmer, Ph.D.
Author of the newly released, Parents' Guide to IQ Testing and Gifted Education: All You Need to Know to Make the Right Decisions for Your Child.
If you have a bright, bouncy child and you (or a well-meaning teacher) suspect attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) ... beware! Many experts believe that ADHD is often over-diagnosed or misdiagnosed. Characteristics of ADHD may be shown by many
4: ADD/ADHD - Developing Confidence In School (0.50/5)
By: Susan Kruger
Do you know why you have ADD/ADHD? Because you are extremely intelligent! No, I am not being sarcastic. In fact, I could not be more sincere. Most people with ADD/ADHD (herein called ADHD) have such a strong interest in a great variety of things, they have a hard time maintaining focus on one thing at a time. Of course, there are additional reasons too, but I am here to tell you that every person I know with ADHD (friends, relatives, and students) have an extraordinary numb
5: How To Help Struggling Students Go From Sinking To Soaring! (0.00/5)
By DeAnne Joy
Experts estimate that 6 to 10 percent of the school-aged population in the United States is learning disabled and approximately 3 to 10 percent of the population as a whole is diagnosed with ADD. This growing problem impacts many areas of society and there is a growing need for effective solutions. Parenting or teaching a child with ADD or learning difficulties can, no doubt, be an enormous challenge. It requires patience of you that you may not have thought you had; persisten
6: 15 Strategies For Managing Attention Problems (1.25/5)
By Glenda Thorne, Ph.D., Alice Thomas, M.Ed., Candy Lawson, Ph.D.
The following strategies are offered for enhancing attention and managing attention problems. This listing is by no means exhaustive, but rather is meant as a place to begin. The best resources for strategies are the creative, inventive minds of enlightened assessment professionals, teachers and parents, in partnership with the students they serve. Together they can create multiple alternative strategies. 1. Take the Mystery
7: ADD, ADHD: Classroom Management Tools That Stop Talk Outs, Off-Task Behavior And Misconduct (1.50/5)
By Ruth Wells
"They're yelling." "They're disrespectful." "They're rude." "They're inattentive." "They're off task." "They're side-talking." Does that describe your class or group? If it does, you're not alone. Those are the nonstop complaints we've been hearing at our workshops and at Live Expert Help on our web site (link below.) The classroom management issues are serious, frequent and dominant, but we're here to help.
Here's
8: ADHD And Executive Control: Intervention Strategies For Parents And Teachers (3.60/5)
By Adam Cox
Psychologists, schools, and families have come a long way in their collective understanding of attention-deficit disorder over the past decade. Most of us now understand that to think of ADHD as merely a problem with distraction, or excess energy, is to grossly simplify what is a complex neuropsychological syndrome. Extensive research has revealed the extraordinary impact of ADHD on the lives of children. Perhaps the most important contribution of scientific research, from a dia
9: A Special Education Success Story With ADD And ADHD (Not Rated)
By Claudia Mann
The Problem
In our rapidly moving culture, special education students, diagnosed with ADD or ADHD (Attention Deficit Disorder or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) are an ever-increasing challenge for teachers. Having taught in some capacity for nearly 40 years and being a parent of an active little boy, I have studied these conditions with immediate personal interest.
Holding Their Attention
Early in my work with the attentionally challenged, I observed that i
10: The ADHD Child And The Great Distraction Myth (Not Rated)
By Tellman Knudson
One of the great myths of working with the ADHD child (and anyone with ADHD symptoms for that matter) today is: "Take away all extra distraction and stimulus so the ADHD child can focus." This is just not true, and I will show you why.
There was an ADHD child I was working with...his mother worked in a fitness gym, and I had an office there. At my office, I would see this ADHD child to try to help with his ADHD symptoms.
His mother was often really frustra
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