It is a question every parent asks: How do I know the difference between ADHD symptoms and simple misbehaviors?
It is confusing. Suppose you walk into the living room to find your child bouncing on the sofa or running through the house like an out of control rocket. Is this hyperactivity, combined with impulsiveness? Is this simply a child misbehaving? If you punish your child for jumping on the sofa, are you punishing him for having ADHD? Or, if you don't punish him are you fostering a...
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Both in education and in the workplace, the terms modifications and accommodations are used to describe changes made to help someone with a... Read more »
You have ADD: you have trouble at company meetings, you find yourself constantly daydreaming and being snapped back to paying attention when someone... Read more »
When you, or your child, were first diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder, what name did the doctor give it? Did they say ADD? Or maybe... Read more »
The home is a place where children feel safe and secure. They feel accepted and loved. But children can also act out at home; they can fight with... Read more »
Researchers say there appears to be a link between ADHD and an anomaly in the brain's reward system. Read more »
One reader of The Morning Call wants to help her nephews deal with their ADHD and Asperger's Syndrome diagnoses, but she is confused about the... Read more »
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