When a child starts showing signs of not being able to pay attention, control oneself, is very impulsive or just having a large amount of energy, especially for boys, most people often jump to the conclusion of ADHD. Attention Deficit/ Hyper Active Disorder or ADHD is a disorder that is highly controversial. For some they believe it is over diagnosed and for other it is under diagnosed. When looking at signs of ADHD medical professionals are looking for impulsivity, restlessness, inattentiveness and looking at behavioral, emotional and cognitive as characteristics (Parritz, Troy, 2014). ADHD has serious symptoms that can affect a person’s everyday life especially when it comes to school and to the parents of these children. Students with ADHD
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Also having a child with ADHD can be stressful on parents because most parents want their child to do well in school but also the symptoms don’t go away while the child is at home even though some believe that it can work that way. Three studies will be discussed showing how Attention Deficit/ Hyper Active Disorder affects children in school and how symptoms that occur in school do not go away while the child is at home with their parents.
According to Andrew J. Martin and his study in the role of ADHD in academic diversity he believes that ADHD can cause serious, negative issues in school. He created study where he was not only looking at the effects of ADHD in school but showing how it is not connected with outside factors like motivation and socio demographics. Which one of those ideas has a bigger impact on a child’s learning; struggling with ADHD or growing up in a bad environment, being a minority or other factors? So, Andrew J. Martin set up a study where he randomly selected students with ADHD and without ADHD from “regular” or “mainstream” (Martin, 2014, p. 3) schools of mixed ability. Four of the schools were coed while three were all boy
Also having a child with ADHD can be stressful on parents because most parents want their child to do well in school but also the symptoms don’t go away while the child is at home even though some believe that it can work that way. Three studies will be discussed showing how Attention Deficit/ Hyper Active Disorder affects children in school and how symptoms that occur in school do not go away while the child is at home with their parents.
According to Andrew J. Martin and his study in the role of ADHD in academic diversity he believes that ADHD can cause serious, negative issues in school. He created study where he was not only looking at the effects of ADHD in school but showing how it is not connected with outside factors like motivation and socio demographics. Which one of those ideas has a bigger impact on a child’s learning; struggling with ADHD or growing up in a bad environment, being a minority or other factors? So, Andrew J. Martin set up a study where he randomly selected students with ADHD and without ADHD from “regular” or “mainstream” (Martin, 2014, p. 3) schools of mixed ability. Four of the schools were coed while three were all boy