Parents with kids who have ADHD often face unique challenges through the course of child and teen development. Micromanaging your teen, setting reminders for them and helping them do tasks that they see as frustrating are things you may have been doing up until now. Through your child’s teenage years, it’s important to take a […]
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Did you know that children in France rarely, if ever, are diagnosed with ADHD? About .05% of school-aged French children were diagnosed with ADHD, whereas 9% of school-aged children in the United States met criteria for ADHD. What are the French parents and teachers doing differently that would account for this 8.5% difference? Researchers started
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Do girls also have ADHD? The answer is yes. ADHD stands for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. There are three basic traits that define ADHD –impulsiveness, hyperactivity and inattentiveness. However, hyperactivity and impulsiveness appear to be more descriptive of this condition in boys, while inattentiveness is more common in girls. It is easy to quickly recognize boys
Recent research at the University of Michigan Medical School’s Department of Psychiatry found that children with ADHD had poor connectivity in their brains. Chandra Sripada, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues tested a total of 750 children and teens, 275 with ADHD and 481 others without. A peek inside their brains, using MRI, revealed a key difference
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A New York Times article lifts the veil on what has become an open secret in many top performing high schools in the nation: Prescription stimulants used to help children with ADHD are being sold on the black market to healthy students seeking a quick fix to increase focus, concentration and test performance. The Times
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At one point or another in our lives, we have seen children who are hard to control, impulsive, or jumpy. Some of us view these kids as troublesome and very few of us want them to be left under our care. The fact that we have not been informed enough to know that extreme cases
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Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is characterized by a persistent pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity. About 2.5% of adults and 5% of children suffer from ADHD. In adults, ADHD is associated with an increased likelihood of unemployment, frequent interpersonal conflicts, and weak performance at work. Children have difficulties in social relationships and at school. The impact of
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Does your son need a boys social skills group? Leading authorities who have researched the subject of social and emotional learning have concluded that levels of adjustment, psychological health and academic achievement are directly related to a child’s social competency, emotional literacy, and ability to form successful peer relationships. By learning to control impulses, express emotions
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