| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is a medical | | | | found in the diagnostic manuals, but ought to be: being |
| condition. It is caused by genetic factors that result in | | | | easily Bored. A few other important characteristics of |
| certain neurological differences. Attention Deficit | | | | this disorder are: 1) That it is SEEN IN MOST |
| Hyperactivity Disorder comes in various forms, and | | | | SITUATIONS, not just at school, or just in the home. |
| there are five or six different types of ADHD. In the | | | | When the problem is seen only at home, we then |
| DSM-IV Diagnostic manual, each of these forms, or | | | | would wonder if perhaps the child is depressed, or if |
| "types" of ADHD falls under the diagnostic category of | | | | the child is just being non-compliant with the parents; 2) |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The | | | | That the problems are apparent BEFORE the AGE |
| main category is then subdivided into ADHD Inattentive | | | | OF SEVEN (7). Since Attention Deficit Hyperactivity |
| Type, or ADHD Impulsive-Hyperactive Type, or ADHD | | | | Disorder is thought to be a neurologically based |
| Combined Type. In the recent past, the terms attention | | | | disorder, we would expect that, outside of acquiring its |
| deficit disorder "with" or "without" hyperactivity were | | | | symptoms from a head injury, the individual with |
| also commonly used. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity | | | | Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder would have |
| Disorder comes in various forms, and truly, no two | | | | been born with the disorder. Even though the disorder |
| ADD or ADHD kids are exactly alike. Attention Deficit | | | | might not become much of a problem until the second |
| Hyperactivity Disorder might affect one, two, or | | | | or third grade when the school work becomes more |
| several areas of the brain, resulting in several different | | | | demanding, one would expect that at least some of |
| "styles" or "profiles" of children (and adults) with ADD | | | | the symptoms were noted before the age of seven. |
| ADHD. These different profiles impact performance in | | | | About one of twenty people, children and adults, have |
| these four areas: First, problems with Attention. | | | | Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. It is a significant |
| Second, problems with a lack of Impulse Control. | | | | problem for these people, and for their families. Learn |
| Third, problems with Over-activity or motor | | | | more about the different types of ADHD at and visit |
| restlessness, | | | | the ADHD Information Library's family of web sites. |
| Fourth, a problem which is not yet an "official" problem | | | | |