ADHD Facts
Executive Function
Variations in EFD
Reading
Writing
100

Thomas Brown compares ADHD (what he calls ADD syndrome) to a cold because of this

What is there are many possible symptoms which vary in each individual?

100

There is approximately a ___________________ delay in executive functions in those with ADHD.

What is 30%?

100

Jonathan Mooney’s description of a disability is that it lies in _________________, not the person.

What is the environment?

100

A prereading strategy that is critical for comprehension is this.

What is providing background knowledge?

100

One of the reasons writing is so difficult is that it requires performing many simultaneous tasks, 5 of which are

What are handwriting or keyboarding, syntax, spelling, vocabulary, ideas generation, organization of the writing, punctuation, capitalization

200

The picture of a young, hyperactive boy has long been the description of:

What are people with ADHD?

200

Name 2 causes of weak executive functions other than ADHD?

What are: Lack of Sleep, Traumatic brain injury, Autism spectrum disorder, Trauma, Anxiety, Depression, Learning Disabilities?

200

When we praise children for how smart or good they are at something, we can be discouraging them from doing this in the future.

What is trying things that they may not excel in for fear of failure and showing that they are not smart?

200

A Double Deficit in reading, as defined by Wolf, is this

What is a difficulty in phonological processing and rapid naming.

200

One reason students with ADHD don't like to revise is this

What is they've worked so hard on the draft that they declare "done".

or

It requires slowing down 

300

ADHD continues into adulthood for approximately ____________ of those who have it as a child.

What is 60-75%

300

The prefrontal lobe and therefore executive functioning can take until this age to fully grow.

What is late 20's to early 30's?

300

Some research suggests that a possible reason for slow processing is

What is the distance between synapses causing messages to travel more slowly from neuron to neuron or a thinner myelin sheath?

300

When we increase fluency and lighten the cognitive load, we are helping students who have this

What is slow processing speed?

300

When trying to figure out what to write about, it is helpful to do this.


Narrow the topic 

400

One reason that girls with ADHD often suffer from depression is:

What is they internalize feelings of failure?

or they may not be diagnosed with ADHD  and think there is something wrong with them?

400

Impulse control and Initiating action represent two sides of this important skill

What is Self Regulation?

400

It is often difficult to determine that a child may be twice exceptional or 2E because of this:



What is the Learning Disability may mask the intellectual ability or the intellectual ability may hide the LD?


400

Students with a Working Memory deficit may struggle with inferencing because of this.

What is that they may forget the beginning of a paragraph by the time they get to the end and so can't see the big picture?

400

The EMPOWER strategy by Bonnie Singer stresses this

What is questioning the task and exploring thoughts about how to approach it?

500

The name "attention deficit disorder" is a misnomer   because of this.


What is it is not a deficit in attention but rather about not being able to pay attention at the right time, on the right thing and shifting attention as needed?

500

Evolution has caused the executive function to shut down when there is a dangerous situation for this reason.

What is that we don't want to think about what to do in an emergency but rather fight, flee or freeze to keep ourselves safe?

500

Jonathan Mooney believes we need to change the question " How smart am I"? to this

What is "How am I smart"?

500

While teaching vocabulary to all children is important, it is particularly important for students with executive function deficits

What is that they may have missed words over the years due to inattention or slow processing?

500

Stress and anxiety can interfere with writing because of this.

What is Executive Functions can be impacted and shut down?