...English Composition 1 September 4th 2013 A deeper look at the CDC article on ADHD The article written by the CDC on ADHD is very informative and eye opening. It forces parents to take a deeper look at the truths of this disorder. It shows the many different signs and symptoms that can better help to diagnose the disorder. It speaks to parents, guardians, and care givers on ways to treat and handle children with ADHD. The article shows how getting proper diagnosing is very important in helping children begin to overcome ADHD. The CDC article is informative on the best treatments and symptoms of ADHD. CDC (also known as the centers for disease control and prevention) saving lives protecting people is their motto. “They conduct critical science and protect people from health threats. They do studies not only in the US but abroad as well”. (CDC home page mission statement) There are many signs and symptoms we need to be aware of when dealing with ADHD. If a child day dreams a lot or has a bad memory, they could possibly have ADHD. Other signs to watch for are being squirmy, talking a lot and having trouble taking turns. Just because you see some of these signs, does not mean the child has ADHD. That is why having the child evaluated by a professional is so important. Children showing some of these signs will often have a tough time in school and at home. Staying focused is a difficult task for children with ADHD. They often have a tough time getting along with other children. Having...
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...ADHD: To Medicate or Not Timothy Pettigrew COM 172 June 8, 2015 Peter Conrad ADHD: To Medicate or Not When many of us think of ADHD, we think of hyper children the medication Ritalin. While there has been many other medications to stem off of Ritalin, did you know that there are also other options and choices to treating ADHD other than just medication? Most of the ADHD medications are stimulant based, therefore a lot of parents are reluctant to use them. I am going to discuss some of the other treatment options for ADHD. Some of them are cognitive behavior therapy, biofeedback or even just removing sugar from your child’s diet can help with the treatment of ADHD. Treatment with medication is the option that most people choose. This seems to be the quickest way to address the issues of the ADHD individual, whether it be a child, adolescent, or even adult. However, with most of the medications being stimulant based, a lot of parents are reluctant to put their children on medication without exploring other options first. There are however, other drugs that are non-stimulant that work in the same way, but these medications take longer to build up in the body and notice the effects of the medication. This can cause some frustration with parents and patients the same, sometimes even causing them to give up on treatment. Another alternative to medication is cognitive behavioral therapy. This is where the patient undergoes therapy with a certified...
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...ADHD stand for attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity. According to Smith and Tyler (2010) "attention deficit hyperactivity is a condition of hyperactivity, impulsivity, inattention; included in other health impairments."(Smith and Tyler, 2010) ADHD is often to referred as attention deficit disorder (ADD). Amongst school-age children attention deficit hyperactivity disorder has been recognized as the most common disorder. Inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity are the core symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). A student's academic success is often dependent on his/her ability to maintain a task, pay attention to the teacher and follow classroom expectations with minimal distraction. There are several ways of dealing with ADHD in the classroom that can make learning effective for these students. In order for teachers to understand ADHD they must a have knowledge about what it is and how to deal with children that has this type of disorder. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a condition in which a person not only has great difficulty concentrating for more than a few moments but also is inattentive, impulsive, and overactive. (Berger, 2009) Learning Disability (LD) is a disability of unexpected underachievement typically involving reading that is resistant to treatment. (Smith and Tyler, 2010) Inattention is the inability to pay attention or focus. (Smith and Tyler, 2010) Hyperactivity is an impaired ability to sit or concentrate...
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...The Centers for Disease Control Prevention, focuses on strengthening the response capabilities. It remains in touch with public health, in the efforts to prevent and control infectious and chronic diseases and environmental health threats. The Center for Disease Control Prevention works everyday to insure we live a disease free life, its mission is to ensure health protection through promotion, prevention, and preparedness. ADHD has no cure. This is the most important concept. However, there are treatments available. These treatments are very effective, but are not guaranteed for all cases of ADHD. Each case of ADHD required a different type of treatment or a combination of many. Behavioral management and counseling is the safest method...
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...ENG-105 Analyzing a Concept 1 May 13, 2013 Russell Tiedt Autism, ADHD and ADD: The Lasting Effects When a baby is born a parent hopes for their children to be healthy, happy and normal. No parent ever hopes to raise a child with abnormalities or handicaps yet unfortunately, a percentage of babies born will have some form of a disability. Whether the condition a child has is of the mildest form requiring only supervision or is considered severe requiring lifelong care and medication, parents stress and have difficulties dealing with the everyday life their child goes through and deals with throughout his or her life wondering if they are doing all they can to make sure their child is well taken care of. This essay will examine the effects of ADD, ADHD and autism focusing on adolescents and children with these impairments and the parents and caregivers who struggle to maintain a daily balanced life. As a mother with a son who has ADHD I can speak first hand on the struggles a parent has to face and the challenges we deal with raising a child. My son was diagnosed shortly after he began kindergarten when he first started displaying signs of anxiousness during class time and how his teacher would struggle to keep him under control. His dad and I were called in to a parent-teacher conference to discuss my son’s behavior during class. It was recommended by the teacher that we have our son evaluated for ADHD as that was what she believed he had. We made an appointment with our...
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...Association spoke about ADHD and the steps and processes for caring for the disorder. CDC explained how ADHD had increased every year and the average age for a child to diagnose is seven years old. Boys are more affected with ADHD than girls are. Medical treatment for ADHD also increases due to medication and seeing specialist. Social relationship for a child with ADHD has it downfalls. CDC said “Parents report that children with a history of ADHD are almost 10 times as likely to have difficulties that interfere with friendships” (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Also children with ADHD show more injuries and hospital visits than a child without ADHD. Lastly the cost of being diagnosed with ADHD can cost over millions of dollars that will included medication, health care, and treatment. From the high percentage of ADHD being diagnosed in children parents’ income have decreases because of the cost of disorder. ADHD has increased since 2003 till 2011. It states that children between the ages of 4-17 have been diagnosed with ADHD. ADHD has increased numerous times throughout the years. Due to the increase of ADHD study have shown that children are having problems with social skills, parents keeping up with medical bills, the cost of ADHD and how dangerous it can be being diagnosed with ADHD. Social skills average that 7% of children are diagnosed with ADHD. Having mental illnesses and functional impairments can cause a problem for a child diagnosed with ADHD. ADHD medical bills...
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...currently affecting more than 11% of the student population in the United States. Right now, ADHD is the most commonly diagnosed neurodevelopmental disorder....
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...Abstract The issue of classroom management regarding students with ADHD and ODD has been debated in the educational field for many years. Many studies attribute common behaviors such as aggression, noncompliance, and anger as factors leading towards teacher frustration and increased teacher burnout (Bunte, Schoemaker, Hessen, van der Heijden, &Matthys, 2014). Approximately 11% of children 4-17 years of age (6.4 million) have been diagnosed with ADHD as of 2011.The percentage of children with an ADHD diagnosis continues to increase, from 7.8% in 2003 to 9.5% in 2007 and to 11.0% in 2011 (ADHD). Additionally, students with ADHD have shown an increase in comorbidity with ODD (ADHD). Due to the fact that many teachers lack preparation in the area of classroom management dealing with students with challenging behavioral issues, such as those in students with ADHD and ODD, they are subjected to increased frustration and increased teacher burnout rates. Further research also points out the adverse effects lack of teacher preparation have on the future outcomes for students with negative conduct behavior, which include the likelihood of students with ADHD and ODD to develop substance abuse and criminal aggression in later years (Darney, Reinke, Herman, Stormont, &Ialongo, 2012). As such, professional development in the form of teacher and intervention training is needed in order to support the needs of both the teachers and the future outcomes for students. This grant proposal will...
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...debates on which treatment is more effective on treating the effects of ADHD. This report provides you with background information about ADHD, the types it’s broken down into, whom it affects, the percentage of adolescents taking medication. Also information on what behavioral therapy is provided. Two studies that have tested a group of children, affected by ADHD, and the types of treatments in order to find out which treatment provides the best results on reducing the effects of ADHD. Introduction Attention deficient hyperactivity disorder is a growing behavioral disorder among America’s adolescents. ADHD is a growing mainly among children from ages 4 through 17. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention 9.5 percent of children ages 4 through 17 have been diagnosed with ADHD as of the year 2007. The CDC also reports that on average the rate of ADHD diagnoses has increased 5.5 percent per year from 2003 to 2007. Boys are about twice as likely to have been diagnosed with ADHD than girls according to the CDC, and diagnoses increase among older teens than among children. ADHD was formerly referred to as Attention Deficient Disorder, ADD, but in 1994 the disorder was classified into three subtypes based on different behavioral patterns and was renamed (Kingsley). The three subtypes of ADHD include a hyperactive impulsive type, an inattentive type, and a combined type (Kingsley). Each subtype of ADHD differs in symptoms. The hyperactive impulsive type includes fidgeting...
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...SameDayEssay.com ADHD Methodology 1 Methodology of Research, Data Collection and Analysis This part contains a discussion of the methodologies used to collect and analyse data for the study with the aim of determining whether mainstreaming and inclusion of children with ADHD is the best option or if alternative options are available for parents and schools that would allow special children to achieve their maximum potential. The objectives that would allow the aim of the research study to be achieved are the following: (1) To conduct semi-structured surveys involving the following target respondents: a. Special education teachers handling students with ADHD b. General education teachers in mainstreamed classes c. Parents of children with ADHD d. Parents of children without ADHD but whose children attend classes with children with ADHD e. Classmates of children with ADHD (2) To answer the following research questions to be adapted in the most appropriate manner according to the nature of the respondent (teacher, parent, or schoolmate): a. How effective is mainstreaming in dealing with ADHD students? b. How prepared are teachers in dealing with ADHD students? c. What other alternatives are they aware of or have been tried to deal with ADHD students? (3) To analyse and evaluate the data collected to find the answer(s) to the research aim as to whether mainstreaming is the best option, or if there are better alternatives, and the different conditions for the effectiveness of...
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...number: 12607157 ADHD and Our Children This paper explores mental disabilities and their effects on education, and some of the enhancements that could be implemented in education systems in order for children with mental disabilities to achieve their full potential. More specifically, I will analyze the reality of ADHD and its effects on young children in the school environment. As of now, very little is known about the effects of mental disorders on child outcomes (Currie and Stabile 1095). First, I will clarify the reality of Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, showing that children with the disorder struggle with a number of behavioural, social, and academic challenges, yet they have strengths and abilities that should not be...
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...Chad R Pais ENG 105 March 17, 2013 Bob Staples REVIEW OF THE CDC WEBSITE ON ADHD The center for Disease Control and Prevention is yet another source of information that offers to help educate and inform American’s about a growing awareness of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder or ADHD. “ ADHD is a neurobehavioral disorder in children that can last into adult hood.” (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013) The CDC is trying to educate parents, teachers and all Americans of the signs and symptoms of ADHD so the disease can be easily diagnosed and treated. The reader needs to feel confident that the source of information creditable and is educated in a manner that will make them feel confident that they can live with ADHD with great success. “It is understandable for parents to have concerns when their child is diagnosed with ADHD, especially about treatments. It is important for parents to remember that while ADHD can't be cured, it can be successfully managed.” (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013). The CDC always’s tries to make the readers feel hope that make them want to keep reading. The writer knows how to approach each situation and bring the reader in with open arms, allowing the reader to feel comfortable, so that they are more acceptable to absorbing the information. As the reader begins to read on, the CDC starts to present to the facts. The tone changes slightly, and the hard information starts to be presented. The symptoms and ways...
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...Etiologies of ADHD and Substance Use Disorders Etiologies of ADHD and Substance Use Disorders Approximately half of all individuals with mental disorders also have substance abuse issues (Dual Diagnosis, 2007). Likewise, it is estimated that up to 45% of adults with ADHD have a lifetime diagnosis of alcohol abuse or dependence (Wilens, 2006). Consequently, individuals with addictions who are also diagnosed with ADHD, characteristically have a extra severe course of addiction and greater difficulties in recovery. It is difficult to predict with any certainty which drinker or recreational drug user will develop serious substance abuse issues. It is also unfeasible to predict whose problems are situational and short-lived and whose will remain chronic and progressive. However, there are specific factors and influences that increase a person’s chance of developing a substance use disorder (SUD). Interplay between genetic familial predisposition and lifestyle manipulates the development of an SUD just as it may manipulate hypertension. Many clinicians believe that individuals may inherit a genetic susceptibility to substance abuse that may be fueled by a combination of family and social norms, traumatic events, pharmacodynamic effects, or environmental factors. At the same time, people with these inherent genetics may develop problems as a response to external stresses or internal discomfort if they continue using alcohol or other drugs over time (NAMI, 2011)...
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...Laura Jewell ENG-105 07-13-2014 Rebecca Foy The rhetorical analysis of the CDC’s website on ADHD. The CDC is a government funded organization, but they do not share enough information with the public, so we can be proactive in dealing with, or minimizing the negative effects of ADHD. The CDC is not sharing information that would help the public to understand, to minimize the questions being asked, and to what depths or severity ADHD is, or could be. Some of the public may not fully understand the context of the issues pertaining to ADHD, what the CDC’s actual credibility is, and to whom they are trying to impart their knowledge. When a young child is sick, we take them to the doctor. What if we do not know they are sick, what then? That’s where the CDC gets involved with ADHD, but what do we really know about the disease, other than its generally found in children, and that it is an issue in their neurodevelopment. Children today are being diagnosed with ADHD. According to the CDC it is not ok, but the way to fix it seems to be, to medicate the child or teen, so the symptoms become less apparent. Does that really help? One of the issues with medicating could be, the child does not develop emotionally, and or socially, in an appropriate way. Is this safe for the kids, or is the CDC trying to keep ADHD under control, like they successfully have done with malaria, and leprosy (not actually creating a cure like with polio, or the possibility of a surgical fix)...
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...EBD or ADHD I actually had really no difficulties trying to classify each student. Now when it came down to the last student which was Stephanie I did get some mixed ideas that she could be more EBD and ADHD, but then I realized that there was hardly any depression present in her case. Her grade scores were on point and the only issue she had was talking and passing notes behavioral wise. As for the other two students I actually had no issues with classifying them in the group that I believe best suits them and their actions. My regular thought process allowed me to come to my conclusion, and I did it by looking at the statements and facts from the teacher as well as the files statements. I also based upon behavioral activity and trouble issues they had with peers and teachers. I believe that EBD and ADHD need to be found because it is present in many children. I do believe that it will be hard to define since the teacher does have to pay close attention to the child’s behavior to really classify what he or she has. Many doctors will want to know what is going on at school when the child is around other peers and dealing with school work. This will also help them to classify the child whether he or she has EBD or ADHD. Behavior, distractions, grades, and attitude all helps to classify if a child is EBD or...
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