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Mukasurat 5
Understanding & Helping Children
With ADHD
What is ADHD?
ADHD?
Parents and teachers often
decsribe children who are excitable,
boisterous or disobedient
as hyperactive. The terms
attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD) or attention
deficit disorder (ADD)
are used by the medical professional
to describe a more
severe and long-lasting problem
in children.
ADD, attention dificit disorder
without hyperactivity (ie.
Mainly inattentive type) is a
subcategory of ADHD. These
children are predominantly inattentive
but just as easily distracted.
It is said that ADD
without hyperactivity is often
underdiagnosed. Hyperkinetic
disorder is another term used
for ADD.
What are the
Signs of ADHD?
Any child is said to have the disorder if signs in the following three
categories are observed in most settings (eg. Home & school)
1. Hyperactivity
often fidgets with or feet or squirms in seat
often leaves seat in a classroom
often runs about or climbs excessively
often has difficulty playing or engaging in leisure activities
quietly
often talks excessively
often “on the go” or often seen/described as if “driven by a
Mayeroff (41-42: 1971)
ADHD is said to effect one in
every 25 children and this is
equivalent to at least one child
in every classroom. ADHD is
diagnosed more frequently in
boys than in girls.
Most affected children will
seek help at age 6-9, though
many parents may recall the
problems to have shown itself
at a much earlier age. ADHD is
considered to be a lifelong
condition and often persist into
adulthood.
To be continued
in the next issue