Attention seeking

INTRODUCTION Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and opposition defiance disorder (ODD), separately are challenging and paired equivocates a thoroughly unrelenting challenge. ADHD affects ten percent of school age children and boys are three times more likely to be diagnosed. ODD affects one to sixteen percent of school age children, which creates a unique set of challenges for parents, children and educators alike. There are many steps to noticing and identifying symptoms for these…

Attention Deficit Disorder Association, also known as ADDA, is a non-profit organization determined to accomplish its “main mission, which is to enlighten the general public about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, especially within adults, as well as, providing a network and resource possibilities to benefit adults with ADHD to thrive,” as stated by the ADDA on their About Us page. It is significant to critically evaluate websites to make sure the material provided is reliable and…

“Dental caries is the most common chronic infectious disease known of childhood” (Mulu 1). It is a major problem in the public health world, especially in young children. Early childhood caries is the caries that a child up to five years of age experience. ECC often goes untreated even though it progresses rapidly in those who are at a high risk for it. Early childhood caries has gone by many names and some of them are: early childhood tooth decay, early childhood caries, baby bottle-fed tooth…

diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, one of the most common childhood disorders that can continue into adulthood. Those with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have trouble paying attention and controlling their behavior. Strattera is in a class of medications known as selective norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs). It works by increasing the levels of norepinephrine, a substance in the brain that helps control behavior. (1) Use of strattera: attention…

Technology and Attention Spans The use of technology has been precipitately increasing in recent years. The digital world has a way of including itself in relatively every aspect of life nowadays. The proficiency technology provides in the modern world has created many conveniences in everyday life. "The Digital Revolution started booming in the later 20th century and has been flourishing ever since" (Schoenherr). However, as technology has developed, users seem to be more reliant on it than…

Evaluation of a Website ADHD affect the lives of children without any regard to sex or race. He’s bouncing off of the walls; there’s my little tornado; can’t you ever sit still? These are a few of the things one might hear the parents of an ADHD child say. The website KidsHealth on ADHD, by Nemours, was written with the promise to parents “that with proper treatment, kids with ADHD can learn to successfully live with and manage their symptoms” (ADHD, 2016, p. 1). The website under the parent…

ADHD & ME is very informative book that offers a young person point of view of how it feels to live and grow up with ADHD condition. In this memoir of life with ADHD, Black Taylor discusses how he gets along on a daily basis and offers his readers a guide who are in the same situation. This book, ADHD & ME, is very easy to read and understandable as it is organized in straightforward, simple manner. Taylor first describes each incident, then its cause and effects and at the end of each section,…

who were not criticized or encouraged either they stuttered or they didn’t. The results were never published. Tudor and Johnson feared it would be linked to Nazi experiments. Group IIB suffered physiologically and needed psychological and medical attention. Speculation The abuse of science in The Monster Case occurred when the children were defenseless and forced into an experiment that messed with them physiologically. Most of the children did not have a stutter problem and they were…

Often times we distinguish diseases and disorders by symptoms we can see with our eyes. Visual afflictions like deformities and necessary medical equipment that helps sustain life guide our opinions on the medical afflictions someone else is experiencing. However, what about medical disorders that aren’t always visually saw, but can be heard? Stuttering is a medical condition that affects roughly 8.5% of children by the age of three (Krader 23). While that might not seem to be a significant…

comprehensive list of Best Fidget Toys for Anxiety Owing to the unhealthy & stressful lifestyles and an overexposure to the technology at a very young age, a lot of young, children, teens, and adults suffer from a variety of anxiety disorders such as Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and others. The sufferers of these anxiety disorders often struggle with the hyperactive and impulsive behaviors. There are several studies that suggest that fidget tools including the Fidget Toys for…