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Attention Deficit (Hyperactivity) Disorder
This can involve one or both of the following
| Inattention - Distractability
(ADD) |
Hyperactivity- Impulsivity
(ADHD) |
| Problems focusing attention on necessary
tasks |
High activity and acting without
thinking of consequences |
SPELADD has information about diagnosis and treatment options,
videos and books about management strategies and a support group for
parents that meets on a monthly basis.
SYMPTOMS THAT WILL AWAYS PRESENT IN
ADD/ADHD
• Poor concentration for boring, mundane tasks.
• Task
impersistence for boring, mundane tasks.
• Performance
inconsistency.
SYMPTOMS THAT MAY ALSO BE
PRESENT
| ADD |
ADHD |
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1. Day dreaming
2. Social clumsiness
3.
4. Inflexibility
5. Poor co-ordination (60% fine motor and 30% gross
motor)
6. Maths and language disability
7. Short-term memory problems
8. Low self esteem
9. Oppositional behaviour (a few)
10. Anxiety
11.
12. Underachievement
13. Often under-identified because
they fade into the
background
14.
15.
16. |
1.
2. Social clumsiness
3. Insatiability
4. Inflexibility
5. Poor co-ordination (60% fine
motor and 30% gross
motor)
6. Maths and language disability
(many) (some)
7. Short-term memory problems
(especially auditory)
8. Low self esteem
9. Oppositional/defiant behaviour
10. Anxiety
11. Love of high stimulus activities
12. Underachievement
13.
14. Hyper focus on what interests them
15. Poor inhibition and self control
16. Dislike of being bored
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For Best Prognosis
1. Early identification to prevent many negative
developments
2. Parents need support, knowledge and help with
appropriate parenting skills for these
children, and consistent
communication with teachers.
3. Child needs smaller class size,
and a teacher and parent who supply structure, firm but
fair
boundaries, appropriate consequences for behaviour, instant feedback
and rewards,
teaching of skills in which they have a deficit
(especially executive functions) and people
who like them.
4.
Teacher needs back up from parents, support from school system,
flexibility, and to like
the child.
5. Medication (when
necessary), good diet and someone who gives unconditional
love.
6. As teenagers and adults, a mentor or coach is
important.
7. As adults many of these people are divergent
thinkers and/or great innovators.
Above information from our publication "The Puzzling
Children"
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