Attention span

I am going to share with you my nephew Nolan. Nolan was my very first nephew. My sister was 18 when she had him, right after her senior year. So, she was young and really had no business having a child. Nolan’s first 3 years of his life, myself and parents were his constant. We played with him, bathe him, fed him, made sure he was read to every night before bed, and most of all loved him. Nolan started preschool and was a little ham. We thought that this was normal for him since he was still…

The National Institute of Mental Health (2016) defines attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as a disorder of the brain marked by an ongoing pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity that interferes with functioning or development. Furthermore, inattention is noted to be when a person wanders off task, lacks persistence, has difficulty staying focused, and is disorganization no due to defiance or a lack of comprehension. If an individual appears to move about constantly,…

claustrophobia, but there are minor differences. Someone with this condition could become homebound, meaning they will never leave their house. When people have a condition like this and they are told that they are making it up, or doing it to seek attention. It only makes it that much worse for them, they are battling a debilitating mental illness and at the same time there are people who are telling them that they are making it up and making them feel bad for something that they can not…

He has a diagnosis of Pervasive Developmental Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. He has a current special education classification of Autism. Matthew is educated within Special Class/Life Skill classes. Matthew attends Essentials classes with a behavior consultant once a week for 30 minutes and…

Cellphone Usage In Schools Do you feel that students spend too much time on cellphones during the instructional day in high schools? Whether cellphones should be banned in schools will forever be a continuous dispute. Modern technology has created many wonderful advances in our society; however it has also taken away from some valuable aspects of our world. Cellphones are not appropriate in an educational setting because they are taking away from the social and physical experience of learning,…

Despite modern knowledge, technology, and science, doctors still prescribe drugs identical to cocaine, alcohol, cigarettes, caffeine, and heroine (Khosh and Beneda). The medication ritalin is a stimulant that works the same way those harmful drugs do. In 1993, 2,500,000 prescriptions were written for ritalin (Khosh and Beneda). As is commonly known, all prescription drugs have side effects, but imagine the side effects of drugs identical to heroin and cocaine. Ritalin is a stimulant…

tests used to observe the relationship between media multitasking and executive function may have skewed results due to self-reports that were measured. Whereas, individuals may have focused more on their self-schema about their ability to focus attention, and were more likely to report larger numbers when remarking on their executive function problems (Baumgartner et. al., 2014). The cross-sectional design of this study cannot adequately determine the relationship between media multitasking and…

The statement explains that parts of the human mind, body, and spirit are sacrificed as people are separated from nature, examples containing decreased use of the senses and attention difficulties. Nick Drury, a psychologist, states in his article, “Mental Health is an Abominable Mess: Mind and Nature is a Necessary Unity,” that 75% of the people that received mental health services either did not respond to treatment, or worst-case…

Education has been a part of human life for centuries. Even though education is not equal for each person, it has provided humans with the ability to advance and become the most predominant species on earth. For humans have continuously proven that they can overcome every obstacle put in their way. Without school, humans would be far less likely to overcome these obstacles. In order for humans to continue to be able to overcome new obstacles, they have to be able to not only advance themselves…

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.; DSM-V; American Psychiatric Association, 2013) defines Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) as persisting and age-inappropriate behavioural patterns of inattention or hyperactivity and impulsivity. These impediments halt a person’s ability to function across multiple domains such as social, academic and/or occupational. The DSM-V acknowledges three presentation styles of ADHD which include primarily…