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ADHD

What exactly is ADD? This is a question that has remained unanswered for a very long time. ADD, also known as attention deficit disorder, has to do with the brain. This disorder was at one time thought to be related to brain damage. Nowadays however, it is actually quite common. It is reported that about 40 percent of the student body of an average school is ADD. Scientists think that this is at least one student per classroom in a school. ADD has really been recognized over the past twenty years. This is when most of the research about it has been done. When someone has been diagnosed as having ADD it does not mean that they are lazy, stupid, or crazy. It only means that they have a difficult time trying to pay attention to a subject in which they have little or no interest. This is why ADD is usually first noticed in school. Before much research was done, ADD was not even called ADD. It had a different name. It was called Hyperknetics. This was really just a fancy term for saying that a child is easily distracted, and also very hyper. This was back in the days when doctors also thought that Hyperknesis was caused by some sort of brain damage. This was potentially true however; there were a few rare cases in which some brain dama


All that is risky is someone that is easily distracted. inattentiveness or distractibility, 2. When the child gets older it may develop to the point where it can become a very serious issue regarding the child's self esteem. If the child has a high interest in the task at hand then it is really not the problem. Well this is by far the worst situation for an ADD child. This is because they have work that they know is due, but they have no idea how to do it because they were distracted in class. As describes in the book All About ADD, a child who is very hyperactive and has ADD will be told countless times to sit down, be quiet, or calm down. There are actually quite a few kids who have an attention problem, but can appear perfectly normal and calm on the outside. difficulty delaying gratification, 4. Also, when it comes to being hyperactive, boys definitely win the prize. The child just doesn't want to be labeled as dumb or stupid because they can't do the work. This is just due to the different chemical balances in both boys and girls. Many Doctors and specialists have discovered over time that there is more than type of ADD.

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