ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, is a condition that affects both children and adults. More often it is diagnosed in childhood but if the symptoms are more mild it may be overlooked until the child reaches adulthood. The symptoms, mild, moderate or severe, can have many different effects on the social development of the child. […]
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, ADHD, is a diagnosis based on six or more very specific symptoms that occur on a regular basis for more than six months in more than two different settings. Unfortunately there is not one single test for ADHD in adults or children but rather an evaluation of behavior and cognitive abilities
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Adoption is an option that many families turn to for a variety of reasons. With the increase in international adoptions and the older age of children when they are brought into their forever homes, more families are facing challenges with Reactive Attachment Disorder. This is a technical term for children who fail to attach at
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ADHD or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is a combination of neural disorganizations that several different professional organizations believe are responsible for the symptoms and learning disabilities that are associated with the condition. The theory is that in order to perform higher learning and organizational thought the brain must begin by being organized and without injury.
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As the diagnosis of ADHD becomes more and more prevalent there are increased numbers of ADHD students in the classroom. This has led to many challenges for parents, teachers and students. These challenges are not insurmountable but do require a bit of creativity and flexibility to overcome them. Children and adults with ADHD have the
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Attachment parenting is a parenting style that allows the baby and parents to develop a close emotional and physical bonding. This is done by allowing your baby to sleep with both you and your spouse in the same bed or allowing them the sleeping alongside your bed either in their crib or for an older
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Parents of children who suffer from ADHD have long searched for nutritional answers to either help alleviate the symptoms or cure their child of the symptoms of ADHD. ADHD is a medical condition that is thought to be controlled by several different brain chemicals called neurotransmitters. These neurotransmitters, principally dopamine, serotonin and epinephrine, control emotions,
There are numerous statistics with Attention Deficit Disorder and while not every result is the same for each study, there are definite trends and common traits that seem to emerge over this condition. Earlier studies indicated that over 20% of school-age children were affected with this disorder, although there seems to now be a more
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Teaching babies sign language has become a popular way of helping young babies to communicate their needs and wants with their parents. There has been some concern expressed that infants who learned to sign an early age have a problem with speech delay but at this time the research does not appear to bear out
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ADHD or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, is a neurobehavioral condition that affects between 3 and 5% of American children throughout the U.S. The diagnosis of this condition is fairly subjective and is impacted significantly by the area of the country and the social norms in the area. For instance, there are pockets of the country
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