Does your child have ADHD 12 Articles

by Jennifer W.

ADHD What is it? ADHD is a behavior disorder that can manifest itself in inattention, hyperactivity, or both. At one point, there was a distinction between ADD (attention deficit disorder) and ADHD (attention deficit...read more

by Jo Ann Courtney

Identifying ADHD has several bench marks one being behaviors that are long lasting and evident for at least 6 months, with onset before the age of seven. When a child starts school the teacher my notice the lack of att...read more

by Anna Hill

Alan stares blankly at the white board, while students around him are busy working on their big book pages. He smiles a brilliant apologetic smile when I prompt him to get down to business, but within a moment's time he i...read more

by Debbie Roeser

Hyperactive means extra active, but the word itself does not tell us a whole lot. That is because the activity level of children who are hyperactive can be s very different. For some children there may be obvious signs...read more

by Jada Grabis

A mother took her son to the grocery store to pick up a few things. She told the boy as they were getting out of the car, "no running around the store, no jumping from isle to isle, keep your hands to yourself and stay by ...read more

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by Gerald Vest

Let Kids be Kids-Stop drugging them- "Scientific inquiry, research investigation, "finding out," and the like, all have their beginnings in the explorations of the child, a neotenous trait of supreme value, which is a n...read more

by J. Marissa Woerner

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is more complex than a child not wanting to sit for lessons. No one knows for sure what causes it, but genetics could be a factor. It could also be due to the brain u...read more

by Krystle Murillo

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder is seen as this easy diagnosis and the drugs associated with it are the fix all for children who may just need a little personal attention or an outlet for the energy that children ...read more

by freedom writer

Our son was diagnosed with A.D.H.D at the age of 6, he is now 14. When we were first approached by the school regarding having Jesse tested for A.D.H.D we simply turned it down and told them listen he is 6 yrs old, it...read more

by Bre

I have had to do a great deal of research on this topic due to the fact that all 3 of my older children have ADD and ADHD. My middle son who is 6 now has ADD, OCD, ODD, and he's Bipolar. My soon to be 9 year old has ADHD a...read more

by Jean Mcginnis

i am a mother of 2 with ADHD and ADD i know mine have it because test have been done on them to prove they have it, I've had to sit through so many test with my daughter's it isn't funny. they say that hen we where younger...read more

by Greg Cruey

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is among the most controversial and troublesome of educational and child health issues of our day. Gaining an understanding of ADHD is only made more difficult by the controv...read more