Hyperactivity

Personality: Behavior Assessment System for Children, 2nd Edition - Self-Report of Personality (BASC-2 SRP) and Parent Form (BASC-2 PRS) The BASC-2 SRP is designed to measure the adaptive (positive) and clinical (negative) behaviors of a youth at home, in school, and within the community from his/her perspective (Reynolds & Kamphaus, 1998). This examiner administered the BASC-2 SRP to Christine in order to determine whether she was experiencing difficulties within the domains defined and…

As my years went on, I began to understand my brothers disorder. The constant agony my parents went through was heartbreaking to sit back at watch. It was not until my brother, Dylan Ellis, transferred to a different elementary school where his parents discovered he had ADHD. My mom, Diane Ellis, always knew that Dylan was different; he would run around the house like crazy, but the most outstanding issue that Diane found was his attention span was lower than most children. I will never forget…

Children with disabilities are considered invisible. They are among the most vulnerable and most excluded in the world. Their rights are usually violated and these children are often hidden at home or placed in special institutions. Children with disabilities are faced with significant hurdles in accessing education and as a result, they miss out on education. Sometimes they grow up apart or hidden from their families. Their parents fear that their children with disabilities will be mocked.…

I have had open conversations about how he just “gets bored and restless” so he will randomly get up to go talk to another student. The student could possibly have ADHD because he meets every one of the basic characteristics: inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsiveness. Whenever he gets up randomly, the teacher will consistently just shut him down and tell him to sit. She does execute some the tactics to keep students with difficulty with executive function on task. For example, the teacher…

ADHD is a highly over identified disability and is also overprescribed, since ADHD is highly over medicated health diagnoses should try to find alternative treatments. ADHD affects a lot of young kids and many adults but is mostly diagnosed for children in preschool and elementary. Affecting most kids, ADHD is also over identified in school children. When students are identified as having ADHD they are instantly labeled as having ADHD and get prescribed the drugs they need to help out with it.…

up the UNO cards I was playing with. Characteristics of Speech- Both his receptive and expressive language was clear and normal. Suicidality/Homocidality- He did not report any significant thoughts or trails. Hallucination- none. Insight-Fair. 6- DSM Diagnosis: Mild Conduct disorder, 321.81 (F91.1) Childhood- onset type with limited prosocial emotions: Individuals show at least one symptom characteristic of conduct disorder prior to age 10 years (DSM-5, 2013, p. 470). Joey’s mother reported…

Research Problem The researcher’s primary evidence of possible misuse of methylphenidate (MP) comes from non-scientific sources. According to the Health24 website, South Africa has a higher rate of prescribing medication for Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) than the United States of America (USA) ("SA has one of the highest prescription rates for ADHD medication", 2016) despite only having an estimated adult prevalence rate of 3.5% for ADHD diagnosis in 2011(Van Schalkwyk &…

When we are ill, we trust our General Practitioners to provide the best treatment available. Doctors take care of all our general healthcare needs. If they do not have the capacity to treat us, we trust to be referred to a specialist that handles our specific needs. This is especially true when the main concern is our children’s mental health. Unfortunately, it has become much more common to get a psychiatric prescription from a primary doctor than from a Psychiatrist; The correct treatment or…

ADHD and Screening Biases for Girls Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is diagnosed in children ages 4-17 on a daily basis. In 2011 approximately 11% of children were identified as having ADHD according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s data and statistics. In the United States of America, “Boys (13.2%) were more likely than girls (5.6%) to have ever been diagnosed with ADHD (CDC). Why are girls less likely to be diagnosed than boys? Do girls not suffer from ADHD at…

Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is a genetic disorder that is the most common cause of inherited mental retardation. Although often compared to autism, FXS is a comprehensive disorder, characterized by numerous physical and behavioral symptoms. FXS is a caused by trinucleotide repeats on the X chromosome, which prevents the production of the protein FMRP, that is necessary for normal brain functioning. It is important for parents, educators, and the general population to better understand this syndrome…