Many children with disabilities usually need more structured and clearly amorphous surroundings, also behaviorally, than a general education classroom can offer. ADHD’s basic signs for children with an ADHD are lack of concentration, hyperactivity, and impulsivity causes child children to cope with day to day school challenges (Zentall, 1993). Children with ADHD have trouble sustaining attention to stay on task; this causes them to miss important details on their assignments, distraction during class activities and difficulty organizing assignments. According to doctor (Russell Barkley), he said that “children with ADD/ADHD have the tendency to fall behind about 30 percent, when it comes to their developmental performance.” In fact, the NIH
ENG.110: Rhetorical Compare and Contrast 25/02/2012 Evidence or Empirical Knowledge Its time to get rid of some of the haze and befuddled ideas surrounding medical marijuana and get down to some clear, logical thinking. According to the Harvard Mental Health Letter, "Medical Marijuana and the Mind" the movement to legalize medical marijuana needs more research scientifically about how the drug affects the brain and whether it might be useful in treating psychiatric disorders. This publication by the Harvard Medical School states that their is not enough evidence to recommend medical marijuana as a treatment for any psychiatric disorder. On the other hand, Dr. Rick Bayer's article "Physicians' Perspective Medical Cannabis Update: Smokeless Marijuana" most Americans support marijuana, if used medically, and want ways to not smoke the plant because of the cancer causing carcinogens in the smoke itself. Bayer's theory is that the smokeless ways are more cost efficient or will be once more Americans are accepting of medical marijuana.
Frontline also gives ADHD a human face. Some doctors, teachers, and parents may be too quick to medicate children. Others may actually be too slow. The issue—finally—isn’t really about pharmaceuticals, protesters, or even about whether or not to medicate. Instead, the issue centers on how to help individual children with ADHD function effectively and successfully in our
Bright Not Broken Becky Surles PSY: 221 Child Development Pamela Goodier September 16, 2012 Bright Not Broken Bright not Broken is a book that deals with children who are gifted but have disabilities. The book written by authors Kennedy, Banks and Grandin issues a warning that “the future of our society depends on our gifted children, but the gifts and talents of some of the most brilliant kids may never be recognized because they fall into a group known as twice exceptional, or 2e.” Often these are children who have diagnosis of ADHD and autism spectrum and are misdiagnosed by doctors and thereby mislabeled by educators. In Bright not Broken the authors explain the challenges that children face who are gifted with learning disabilities
“Sensory integration (SI) is the process by which the brain assembles a picture of the environment using information from the senses. In most children sensory integration occurs naturally, but in others the brain is not able to affectively integrate information from one or more of the senses” (Feeney). Sensory Integration Disorder/Dysfunction (SID) is a neurological disorder which can also be a characteristic of other neurological conditions including autism spectrum disorders, attention deficit disorder (ADD), dyslexia, speech delays, and others (Patterson). “Children who have SI difficulties may receive too much or too little sensory input, which can result in difficulty organizing and interpreting sensory information” (Feeney). “Sensory information is gathered normally, but perceived abnormally and the information tends to be analyzed by the brain in an unusual way that may cause distress and confusion” (Patterson).
Their fellow students don’t see them using a wheelchair or crutches but notice that they get very low grades. The student with the learning disability is not lazy or dumb; in fact, they are just as smart as everyone else. It is their brain that is wired differently and that affects how they receive and process information. They may struggle with reading out loud, math problems or writing an essay. They try and try but their learning disability changes the way they learn and special lesson plans need to be tailored to accommodate their unique learning styles.
Alzheimer’s early stages include but aren’t limited to minor Short-term memory loss, forgetting that memory lapses happened and some confusion in situations outside the familiar. The early stages are difficult but with support from family and medical experts they are manageable, but what if the patient is scared of the late symptoms. Late stage of Alzheimer’s includes but isn’t limited to speech impairment, repeatedly initiating the same conversation, abusiveness, anxiety, and paranoia and debilitating cognitive deficit, which in layman’s term means mental retardation and eventually death but not from the disease it’s self. Shouldn’t those patients have a choice weather they want to go through the later stages of Alzheimer’s, it’s very doubtful that
The most common adverse effects are headaches, insomnia, a decreased appetite, some weight loss, and trouble falling asleep. These listed adversities can be diminished over time and recognizing the correct dosages. One must remember to weigh out the positive effects verses the adverse effects of any medication. When determining one’s quality of life, a small pill once a day is a simple, yet effective treatment for ADHD (myADHD). In closing, let’s examine a story of young boy (Author Unknown) who has been diagnosed and medically treated for his ADHD.
On the contrary, a primary care physician or a family doctor does not have specialized knowledge of human behaviors. Their knowledge are more about internal functions of the body and medicinal pharmacodynamics aspects, so prescribing ADHD medications would not be appropriate on their term. The above step-by-step procedures are the recommended actions when a child is suspected of ADHD. Hence, in order for a child to be concluded of having ADHD, a psychiatrist must use the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th ed. (DSM-IV).
Assignment: Reflection Paper on intellectual and developmental disorder Intellectual disability (ID) once called mental retardation is characterized by below average intelligence or mental ability and a lack of skills necessary for day to day living. People with intellectual disabilities can learn and do new skills but they learn them more slowly. It is a condition diagnosed before age 18, usually in infant or prior to birth. Intellectual disability has always been part of human history. In 1848 Samuel Gridley Howe expanded the Perkins institute to include individuals with mental retardation.