Attention Deficit Disorder

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Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) is a neurological syndrome whose classic symptoms include impulsivity, distractibility, and hyperactivity or excess energy, while Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) shows the predominance of hyperactivity as a characteristic. This paper presents an overview of the causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of these syndromes and examines how they can be dealt with in a school setting.

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"The result for the child who has both ADHD and specific learning disabilities are basically the same: difficulties thinking, speaking, calculating, reading, spelling, and listening. Many researchers have argued that ADD/ADHD is seriously over-diagnosed because it is a convenient label for children who are overly active, distractible, irritable or who have short attention spans. However, if a trained evaluator finds that the child manifests a majority of the behaviors of ADD/ADHD when being tested, it is easy for the evaluator not to look further for any other possibilities for the child's behavior. Because these symptoms can be confused with other conditions, and because the symptoms may not appear in all settings, using multiple sources of information can provide the evaluator with a better insight in how the child functions in different environments and in different areas of development."

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