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