Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

The objective of this study that Edwards, Kileny, and Van Riper presented was to provide detailed information regarding twenty-two individuals with a condition characterized by ocular coloboma, heart defects, atretic choanae, retarded growth, and ear anomalies or hearing loss, otherwise known as CHARGE syndrome. CHARGE syndrome may include other conditions not mentioned in the acronym that have been reported, such as orofacial clefts, facial palsy, vestibular anomalies, and trachea-esophageal…

Sensory Processing Disorder involves a continuous interaction between the environment and the brain to perceive information through the seven senses (auditory, olfactory, tactile, visual, gustatory, proprioceptive, and vestibular) and create an appropriate response (Byrne, 2009; Katz, 2006; Miller et al., 2009; Parham & Mailloux, 2015; Walbam, 2013; Withrow, 2007 as cited in Goodman-Scott & Lambert, 2015, p. 275). This neurobiological process is critical in the first ten years of life because it…

There is a rudimentary notion that memory can store an exact copy of information like a video camera and it could be easily and precisely recalled at a persons will. Cortical processes could distort memory as the cortical network that capitalizes on such contextual information is suggested to connect the portrayal of related objects such that visually perceiving an object will activate the visual representations of related objects. For example when one sees a fork they would link it…

Autism also called autism spectrum disorder (ASD), is a mental condition,it causes difficulty forming relationships with others,and they can not communicate with others as well. Autism affects different people in different ways it can show by difficulty interacting with others,especially face to face. While they look in the face you may not feel that comfort because that not express their feelings. They have trouble with verbal and non-verbal communication,some could not speak,or difficulty…

The aetiology of multiple sclerosis has been an intensely researched topic for several years. With many studies investigating different environmental and genetic risks, it is clear that multiple sclerosis is a complex multi factorial demyelinating disorder which has affected approximately 2.5 million people worldwide. In recent years, there has been a new area of research in multiple sclerosis which has engaged the interest of many scientists; the relationship between multiple sclerosis and…

Dyslexia 1) Dyslexia is a learning disability with symptoms that manifests in younger children as difficulty in reading and continues into adulthood as intermittent and irregular reading in adolescents and young adults, as explained by Torgesen, Forman and Wagner (2014). 2) There are serious effects with being afflicted by dyslexia such as delays in language development, phonemic awareness and phonic skills for reading which stems from their difficulties in accurate and/or fluent word…

understanding of ADHD is rather different from yester year when it was perceived by George Still in 1902 as a defect in moral character arguing that children with the disorder did not have the ability to internalize rules and limits perhaps as a result of some brain damage or as seen by Douglas and Peters (1979) as a deficit of attention. Some scholars from yester year simply saw it as a result of poor parenting. Whilst these theories have since been thrown out by modern scholars among them…

specific problems that cause a person to have difficulties in certain subjects such as; math, writing, and listening. They can also interfere with higher levels of skills such as; organization, time planning, reasoning, long or short term memory, and attention. A learning disability cannot be cured or fixed. It is a lifelong challenge that some people have to face. And intelligence is not a factor in determining if you have a learning disability. People at average or above average intelligence…

In the article, Autism Spectrum Disorder, the National Institute of Mental Health provided an overview of the disorder and several key information that a person who is researching about autism should know. People with ASD often have a difficult time functioning normally in their daily life. They don’t commonly make eye contact when talking to someone and their actions and behaviors are repetitive. The Asperger’s syndrome and the autism disorder were said to be separated into different…

In this case study we follow Liam, a five-year-old boy from England through the BBC documentary “Living with ADHD”. Liam displays most of the symptoms of ADHD, specifically the hyperactive-impulsivity dimension of the disorder. By the end of the documentary we learn that Liam has mild ADHD and ODD. When analyzing Liam’s behavior through the cognitive-behavioral theory I will be accessing Liam’s cognitive and behavior during a specific event that is in the documentary. While accessing that…