A Rhetorical Analysis of a Public Document
The Centers for disease control and prevention begins by providing an analyzes to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) by acknowledging facts to a common but not so common disorder. The Centers for disease control address ADHD by expressing vital information that benefits families and society as a whole. The Centers for disease control (website last updated January 6, 2016), successfully provides informative as well as conversational information to anyone interested in learning the facts about ADHD.
The purpose of the website is to inform the audience that “ADHD is a neurodevelopmental disorder and that the disorder is the most common disorder of childhood”, also the purpose of the website …show more content…
By people referring to the ADHD site. The site acknowledges the need to inform and educate families and society as a whole. The context of the website assists readers to understand what they otherwise would not be able to comprehend and to make sense of outside information that illuminates its meaning and relevancy. CDC’s site raises interesting issues regarding medications, which have been approved by the FDA approved to treat ADHD in children. Stimulants are the best known and wildly used whereas nonstimulants do not work as quickly as stimulants, and that different medications may need to be introduced due to medications effect children differently. CDC’s site shows what is at stake is the provision of parent education and support. CDC funds the National Resource Center on ADHD, which is a program of children and adults with Deficit/Hyperactivity …show more content…
Overall the CDC website is an effective tool to receive great information about ADHD disorder and gives some valuable information and facts that people can take into consideration before and after diagnosis.
References
Laver-Bradbury, C. (2013). ADHD in children: An overview of treatment. Nurs Prescr Nurse Prescribing, 11(12), 597-601. doi:10.12968/npre.2013.11.12.597
Rettew, D., Md. (n.d.). The ADHD Debate. Retrieved April 13, 2016, from https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/abcs-child-psychiatry/201401/the-adhd-debate
Sasser, T. R., Kalvin, C. B., & Bierman, K. L. (2016). Developmental trajectories of clinically significant attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms from grade 3 through 12 in a high-risk sample: Predictors and outcomes. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 125(2), 207-219.
The Centers for disease control and prevention begins by providing an analyzes to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) by acknowledging facts to a common but not so common disorder. The Centers for disease control address ADHD by expressing vital information that benefits families and society as a whole. The Centers for disease control (website last updated January 6, 2016), successfully provides informative as well as conversational information to anyone interested in learning the facts about ADHD.
The purpose of the website is to inform the audience that “ADHD is a neurodevelopmental disorder and that the disorder is the most common disorder of childhood”, also the purpose of the website …show more content…
By people referring to the ADHD site. The site acknowledges the need to inform and educate families and society as a whole. The context of the website assists readers to understand what they otherwise would not be able to comprehend and to make sense of outside information that illuminates its meaning and relevancy. CDC’s site raises interesting issues regarding medications, which have been approved by the FDA approved to treat ADHD in children. Stimulants are the best known and wildly used whereas nonstimulants do not work as quickly as stimulants, and that different medications may need to be introduced due to medications effect children differently. CDC’s site shows what is at stake is the provision of parent education and support. CDC funds the National Resource Center on ADHD, which is a program of children and adults with Deficit/Hyperactivity …show more content…
Overall the CDC website is an effective tool to receive great information about ADHD disorder and gives some valuable information and facts that people can take into consideration before and after diagnosis.
References
Laver-Bradbury, C. (2013). ADHD in children: An overview of treatment. Nurs Prescr Nurse Prescribing, 11(12), 597-601. doi:10.12968/npre.2013.11.12.597
Rettew, D., Md. (n.d.). The ADHD Debate. Retrieved April 13, 2016, from https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/abcs-child-psychiatry/201401/the-adhd-debate
Sasser, T. R., Kalvin, C. B., & Bierman, K. L. (2016). Developmental trajectories of clinically significant attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms from grade 3 through 12 in a high-risk sample: Predictors and outcomes. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 125(2), 207-219.