| Unfortunately, Attention Deficit Disorder does not | | | | the academic load in college as compared to high |
| necessarily fade with age. Many people that suffer as | | | | school and the additional responsibility put on the |
| a child will continue to suffer as a teen, as well as into | | | | students. Not only will the student be responsible for |
| adulthood. However, this disorder may affect people | | | | their own organization and structure, they will do so |
| differently at different stages in their life. | | | | under more stress and academic pressure. This |
| College can be a difficult time for some students. For | | | | increasingly more difficult schoolwork is not made |
| many, this represents a time of breaking free and | | | | easier by the student?s general inattentive nature, |
| starting their new uninhibited lives. This may be an | | | | distractibility, and impulsiveness. The very core of ADD |
| exciting and emotional time. How does a college | | | | makes college more difficult. With any luck, the student |
| student with ADD face such a time? | | | | has spent enough time over the last few years |
| For a person with Attention Deficit Disorder, this may | | | | regulating their own behavior that they will easily be |
| prove to be a harsh time of transformation. Typically | | | | able to in this new environment. |
| coming from families that were especially doting and | | | | For the most part, the same steps should be taken in |
| accommodating to their situation, they are thrown in to | | | | college to deal with ADD as was necessary in high |
| a new environment to fend for themselves. One of | | | | school and other grades. To be effective, a student |
| the basic behavior modification techniques in training an | | | | should carry some type of organizational calendaring |
| ADD child is through structure, routine, and habit. At | | | | system or digital organizer. In college, they do not hold |
| once, all of this is taken and it becomes the student?s | | | | the students? hands like they do in high school ? once |
| responsibility to recreate this structured life they once | | | | an assignment is made, it is expected to be turned in |
| had. Of course, a person with ADD is typically | | | | on time, without reminders. Therefore, it becomes |
| disorganized and unstructured. So, they may have a | | | | imperative to keep up with deadlines and dates. |
| difficult time having the discipline to enact such stringent | | | | Students should also create structure and organization |
| requirements for themselves. | | | | in their dorm or apartment and utilize the same skills |
| Another aspect to consider is the increased difficulty in | | | | they have been developing for years. |