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So, I wrote a note to my son's teacher asking if I could meet with her to discuss his workload following his broken arm coming out of the cast. She never called me to arrange the meeting, but things seemed to improve dramatically after the note (i.e., work stopped coming home with him in droves), so I decided not to press the issue. Last Thursday was Open House, so we went to see all the work they've done in the past few weeks and visit in the classroom. It was a lot of fun, but two things came ...
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ADD and ADHD attention deficit hyperactivity disorder How is ADD treated? Method of Treatment A. Accept As Is: No Medical Treatment This method may give the child a chance to learn from his or her own mistakes, without danger of medication problems or risk of curtailing the natural abilities of the child. However, given this course of treatment, the child may never reach his or her full potential. Research indicates that untreated ADD children have a much higher incidence of substance abuse and other problems.
B. Behavior Modification Only Behavior modification is low in cost, and this method teaches the child to work with their strengths. Advocates of behavior modification state that a child that is treated with only medications will never learn self-control on their own. Behavior modification alone requires constant reinforcement, a difficult thing to achieve on a daily basis. There are no guarantees that the child will ever learn self-control.
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differential diagnosis: adhd Many parents are confused about exactly what Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) really are. The first thing you should know is that the two conditions, while slightly different, are now both being referred to in the medical community as ADHD. Here are 10 common myths — and the scientific facts to dispel them — that surround this disorder.
While it’s true that people with ADHD are naturally impulsive and more likely to take risks, those patients taking stimulants for this disorder are actually at lower risk of using other drugs. Children and teenagers who have ADHD and also have coexisting conditions may be at high risk for drug and alcohol abuse, regardless of the medication used.
ADHD Washington Post Article He is sitting politely in the dining room of a Silver Spring church, where each Thursday morning all 36 students at the tiny Quaker middle school Andrew attends gather for silent meeting. The season is midwinter and the group, described by the school’s headmaster as mostly “bright underachievers,” is midway between childhood and teenagerdom. Some are dressed plainly, looking like kids whose clothes were picked by their parents; some wear camouflage and Eminem T-shirts. In the opening moments of worship, the room is remarkably quiet.
His father, he says, is leaving the family — “he says he hates me.” Soon others chime in, sharing worries about sick grandparents and aggrieved friends. Some of it is very moving. But after a while a certain adolescent silliness creeps in. Andrew, a rail-thin eighth-grader dressed in white pants and a white T-shirt with a blue skateboarding jacket, announces he is holding in the light a gym teacher who twisted his knee. A girl holds her hamster in the light because “he’s even getting too old to crack his own peanuts.”