Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder controversies

Asperger’s’ initially captured my attention through challenging my perspectives towards the everyday outlook of living with a disability. Inspired to gain knowledge on the “confusing world” Hammond encounters, I was particularly interested in learning about her personal challenges and triumphs in regards to schooling, employment,…

This paper examined five studies that examined the effects of social skills training on the disruptive behavior of students diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) within the elementary school setting. Social skills are one’s ability to display behaviors that encourage social relationship, effective communication, and interaction with others. Social skills encompass verbal and non-verbal communication and gestures. For example, body language is a non-verbal form of…

The Reasoning Behind ADHD Awareness Week and Month National ADHD Awareness Week and Month is a nationally recognized event to help bring knowledge and awareness to the disorder. This is a great event to not only bring awareness to it but also to bring knowledge about it and how to help those with it. It takes place every October and there are many events held nation and state wide during this. One of these includes a free online event expo the first week of October (McGillicuddy, 2016). Those…

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, (ADHD) is a problem of not being able to focus, being overactive, not being able to control behavior or a combination of these. 6.4 million children in America, today, been diagnosed with ADHD with a 42% increase over the past eight years. (Center for Disease) Children that been diagnosed with ADHD show symptoms of not being able to focus on one thing for long, cannot complete a task, fidgeting, being impatient, interrupting, and make frequent mistakes.…

here are the major indicators: difficulties with paying attention, easily distracted, hyperactivity, impulse control, behavior that demands attention, difficulties in school, and learning problems. It is hard to have a correct description of all the characteristics of students with ADD. The main characteristics of ADD is how bad the symptoms are in a students life or how they continually persist. (Wender 10-31). Attention Deficit Disorder has not one real cause, and there a very few reasons…

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurological behavioral problem characterized by inappropriate degrees of impulsiveness, hyperactivity, and attention deficit.1 “It is one of the most common behavioral disorders in children, affecting 3-7% of school-aged children.”2 Children with this disorder often struggle in school due to difficulties focusing, listening, following instructions, and processing information. As the individual…

completing a task? Kids that are experiencing those things may have ADD/ADHD. What is ADD and ADHD? They are both the same thing, ADD is an Attention deficit disorder and ADHD stands for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. But there is also a difference in the two. ADD/ADHD is different, and varies in kid to kid. There are three subtypes of attention deficits. ADHD, Primarily Inattentive; inattentive and distractible. The second type is ADHD, Primarily Hyperactive-Impulsive; overreact…

informative points regarding the ADHD disorder in adults. Bilkey provides many significant studies that have been conducted to support his reasoning. Major points of this article included a testimony relating to the article’s discussion, recognizing adults with ADHD, explaining certain behavior, and beneficial options that can be available to adults with this disorder. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common childhood disorders and could continue through…

The number of attention-deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnoses in America has increased significantly over recent years and, along with the higher number of diagnoses, is the dramatic surge in prescription medication as treatment. However, a growing number of experts argue that ADHD is a behavioral issue, not a disease. Furthermore, these experts agree that alternatives to prescribing medication to alter a child’s behavior exists, and that parents, teachers, and doctors need to…

Society often dictates how individuals view themselves and others. Individuals who deviate from what is considered the norm are often ostracized for their irregularities. Identity is the characteristic of determining who or what a person is. Society questions these abnormal traits as if they are temporary, however, they are innate and therefore, cannot be changed. Cathy Davidson’s, Project Classroom Makeover, talks about how hierarchies have created a broken education system whose educational…