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Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder
What is ADHD?
100
I tend to display constant movement. I shout out my thoughts. I can be overzealous when making friends.
What is Attention-Deficit / Hyperactive-Impulsive?
100
Because of their natural behavior, boys are identified more often than girls with ADHD.
What is over identification in boys with ADHD?
100
ADHD will affect every aspect of an individual's life. It not only affects the individual, it also influences the family and school/work environment that the child/individual belongs to and engages in most.
What are social/emotional implications of ADHD?
100
* Ritalin * Liquid, pills, injections
What are medical treatments for ADHD?
200
All children diagnosed with ADHD... *can learn *can contribute to the learning enviornment *can improve academically and socially
What schools need to know about ADHD?
200
I am somber. I do not disturb the classroom. I often do not perform well in the classroom academically.
What is Attention-Deficit / Inattention?
200
Educating families and communities by defining the disorder and providing quality services for individuals across their lifespan.
What is advocacy for individuals with ADHD?
200
Siblings of children with ADHD are at a higher risk of displaying behavioral and emotional disorders than siblings of children without ADHD. This is a result of siblings reporting feeling victimized by the physical and verbal abuse, being placed in a caretaker role, the manipulation by his or her sibling, and their sibling(s) inability to regulate and or accept responsibility for their hyperactive, impulsive, and inattentive actions.
What are the risks of siblings developing emotional or behavioral disorders?
200
* Small and large group therapy * Behavior modification * Parental counseling and education
What is behavior therapy?
300
No such tool currently exists that identifies ADHD in children and adults resulting in the overidentification and underidentification of the ADHD amongst the genders in children and the underidentification in adults. With the increased number of adults exhibiting symptoms, various pieces of literature have identified the need to close the gap.
What are areas that ADHD need further research?
300
I can be unfocused. I can be rambunctious. I can be aggressive. I can be socially regressed.
What is Attention-Deficit / Combined?
300
Depending on the age, gender, and association with other disorders, the number of individuals diagnosed with ADHD can vary.
What are ways to create social justice?
300
Research studies have reported that adults with ADHD diagnoses tend to change jobs more frequently, have lower productivity, are more disorganized, and tend to have a harder time handling large workloads in comparison to their counterparts.
What are some of the implications of adult work ability?
300
* Reservations * Immobility * Unbelief
What is denial?