Hyperactivity

good education. The National Center for Learning Disabilities reports that there are 2.4 million students living with learning disabilities. Disabilities make traditional school harder in a variety of ways. When a student has Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) they have difficulty focusing. ADHD is one of the more minor learning disabilities compared to something like dyslexia. Dyslexia makes reading and writing hard due to the brain switching letters and numbers, this can cause…

What are some of the strengths and needs of students of students with ASD? Individuals with ASD have deficits in social communication, and social interaction across contexts. Some needs include, communicating with everyone, participating in activities, working on tantrums, functional play skills, understanding personal space. On the other hand, some strengths include, outspoken to some people they come into contact with, obsessed over things such as outer spac, rock banks, math ect. What are…

become recognized as a mental disorder (Holland). Students with ADD and ADHD create many new troubles for teachers. Students with ADD and ADHD often suffer five big symptoms: distractibility, uncontrolled interrupting, impulsivity, fidgeting and hyperactivity, and trouble following directions (Segal). These symptoms pose many troubles for not only teachers, but also for parents and students. Along with the troubles, these disorders also cause a deal of controversy over whether or not students…

Jaak Panksepp is worried that ADHD’s might possibly be a tragedy in the making. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorders are the most frequent adolescent mental complications in today’s society. When ADHD’s were first discovered only one percent of children were diagnosed. In the early 20th century the numbers rose to above five percent and it is predicted that by the end of this century fifteen percent of American children will be diagnosed. The increasing trend might possibly be caused by…

List 8: 1. Constructivist Approach to Teaching (p.526): A constructivist approach is more centered around the students and their ability to construct knowledge by exploring the world under the guidance of the teacher. The teacher in this classroom is not standing at the front of the room spouting information at them to memorize. The teacher is going around, watching and guiding students as they learn and help each other learn. I think this is an interesting view because I grew up in a classroom…

to look like (social image). ‘In early adolescence young people become much more conscious of their body image, size and appearance and, frequently experience dissatisfaction with it’ (Cowie, 2012, p.21).Searching for an identity is a typical behaviour for a young child as it involves the social influences around them, Ellison (2003) illustrated that Identity is a concept that we associate our thoughts of ourselves in our social environment, social interactions with others help to create our…

8-year-old, biracial (Caucasian and Puerto Rican) boy, who has been labeled by his school, mother, and by medical professionals as having several learning disabilities. Mike’s mother shared with me that Mike was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)—a level of autism. Also, Mike’s mother shared that Mike was currently on an Individualized Education Program (IEP) at school. In order to inform my own understanding of Mike, I…

paying attention and concentrating. “...affects millions of children and often persists into childhood”(1). It also makes a person hyper. ADHD will give a person symptoms/sign in behavioral, cognitive, and their mood. Behavioral problems such as: hyperactivity, aggression, repetition, and continuous movement. Cognitive problems such as: forgetting easily, not being able to focus, and a short attention span. They get mood changes which can also cause depression. bipolar disorder, and learning…

certain age one had to be at a certain area of knowledge, and if a student was not there then it was determined that the student is educationally delayed. In the Ted Talk of Sir Kenneth Robinson, he challenges the diagnoses of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). He reveals that “children are not, for the most part, suffering from a psychological condition. They’re suffering from childhood” (5:40). Since the United States focuses primarily on standardized tests to see where the…

One of the implications that is raised in these articles about ADHD, for children and families include, the fact the widely held theory that ADHD that was purely descriptive of the two behavioral deficits – inattention and hyperactivity- could not account for all of the cognitive and behavioral deficits associated with ADHD. Families had to understand that there are more nuances to ADHD than just those two issues. Another major implication is that behavioral inhibition, goal directed behavior…