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ADHD and ADD

In this paper of twelve pages the differences between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and attention deficit disorder are ...

Troubled Teens: SUDs and DBDs in Adolescent Populations

226) and occurs in as much as 26 percent of the adolescent population, and include alcohol, tobacco and illegal substance use. Su...

ADHD Traits and Interventions

In a paper consisting of twenty five pages the characteristics generally associated with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ...

Children's Developmental Disorders and Reading

part to the implementation of a fairly new technology: interactive computer programs. Particularly evident of this success is the...

ADHD Diagnosis And Assessment

in grades Kindergarten through 8 (Erford and Hase, 2006). It has 24 items that are rated on a scale of 1 to 5, almost never to alm...

Sppech Pathology and ADHD

Center for Health Statistics, approximately 6.7% of children aged 5 to 17 were reported to have ADHD in 1997-2000" (Attention Defi...

Research Proposal on Hyperactivity

inherent weakness of being 18 years old. Therefore, much of its information is out-of-date. Jensen, et al (1998) conducted a stu...

An Article on ADD Critiqued

suffered frontal lobe damage are often misdiagnosed as having ADD, as the symptoms tend to mimic each other (Shelley-Tremblay et a...

Opposing Ritalin Prescription

very controversial and many say that children are "doped" which is a chemical alternative to treating the real problem ("Britain" ...

ADHD: Legitimate Medical Diagnosis or Socially Constructed Disorder? - Ethical Concerns

and school- or community-level factors associated with receiving a diagnosis of ADHD" According to recent...

How Does ADHD Affect Learning

impossible for this individual to learn or achieve in school. This is not because they are not intelligent enough to do so, it is ...

Learned Mothering: Raising a Child with ADHD

ADHD as they can impact social worker response and even the response of educators. Methodology The subjects of this study were...

ADHD and the Role of the Psychiatric Nurse

motor vehicle crashes, substance abuse, and illegal behavior" (Visser, Lesesne and Perou, 2007, S99). Symptoms include irritabili...

ADHD: A Critique of the Research

and Perou (2007) report that an estimated five to eighteen percent of youth in the US are diagnosed with ADHD and most receive so...

Human Behavior Experimental Analysis and Applied Behavioral Analytical Techniques

and complex. Coots (1998) notes research results have indicated that in order for at-risk children to fully benefit from af...

Adolescent Depression and ADHD

for the disorder. On medication now, he says that he is more focused than at any other time of his life. He always wanted to do ...

Alcoholics and ADHD

Disorders (DSM-IV) of the American Psychiatric Association outlines the criteria for making a diagnosis of ADHD (Wilens, 1998). Ac...

Students with ADHD and Educational Strategies

can be cared to asking the student what steps they need to take to complete the assignment (Salend, Elhoweris and Garderen, 2003)....

Long Term Effects of Ritalin in Treating ADHD

In six pages this paper discusses Attention Deficit Disorder and the popular treatment choice of Ritalin in a consideration of eff...

ADHD from a Mother's Perspective

In this paper consisting of eleven pages the mother of a child recently diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is...

Case Study of Children with Disabilities

In six pages this essay discusses a case study of a boy age eight with a diagnoses of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and...

The Ability to Alter Undesirable Behaviors

6 pages and 3 sources used. This paper provides an overview of different ways to change unwanted behaviors in children. This pap...

Questions on Psychosocial Issues

In fourteen pages this paper answers student posed questions regarding love, gender identity, attention deficit disorder, depressi...

Mental Disorders and Medical Concerns

In fourteen pages this paper examines depression, attention deficit, and various types of mental disorders and how to deal with th...

Journal Articles on ADHD

In this paper consisting of eight pages five separate journal articles pertaining to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder are ...

Children with ADHD and Ritalin Effects Research Proposal

measures of controlling the effects of ADHD (Safer, Zito and Fine, 1996). The concern over the possible overuse of ritalin or eve...

A.D.D. and Binge Eating

In eight pages a technical paper comparing Attention Deficit Disorder and binge eating is presented. Approximately twenty sources...

Concept Analysis: ADHD

This concept analysis pertains to attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and provides a comprehensive discussion of this...

Overview, Effects of ADHD

This research paper presents an overview of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder that describes its effects, symptoms and reco...

Paranoia and Schizophrenia

p. 5). Nevertheless, the fact that a diagnostic criteria is listed in the book, detailed and complex, tends to encourage the perce...