| Kids will be kids and all of them are different. Kids get | | | | needs to be old understand to understand and |
| excited about different things, and get very excited | | | | comprehend. In the case of ADD and ADHD, the |
| about things that adults may find to be only mildly | | | | child's brain has not yet completely processed the last |
| interesting, if interesting at all. So how do you know if | | | | set of information presented to it, and in the meantime |
| your child has Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) or is | | | | is already telling the child to go do something else. |
| simply being a normal kid? | | | | Hence, the typical view is that children afflicted with |
| Attention Deficit Disorder or ADD, also sometimes | | | | Attention Deficit Disorder are unable to concentrate on |
| known as ADHD or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity | | | | the task at hand, which is entirely accurate. |
| Disorder is difficult to diagnose accurately. In many | | | | The one thing that shows up in ADD/ADHD affected |
| ways it is a subjective option of the doctor since there | | | | children that differs compared to the same tests run |
| is little scientific evidence to definitely state whether or | | | | on non-ADD/ADHD children is that the brainwaves are |
| not a child has ADD or ADHD. But at the same time, | | | | different. To be more exact, the ADD/ADHD children |
| the reported cases of ADD are rising rapidly, which | | | | typically show excessively slow brain wave activity in |
| scientists do not understand. If the child has a broken | | | | the alpha and theta ranges, compared to their |
| leg, this can easily be determined and verified, and all | | | | non-ADD/ADHD counterparts. As the child gets older |
| would be in agreement that the child's leg is broken. | | | | and grows into his teen years, there is some scientific |
| But with ADD and ADHD, no such concrete evidence | | | | evidence to suggest (although not confirm) that |
| or even scientific testing exists to make that same | | | | patients who are thought to have ADD or ADHD have |
| conclusive determination. | | | | about 400% more traffic tickets, car accidents, and |
| In the past, cases of ADD and ADHD were treated | | | | are almost four times more likely to contract a |
| with prescription drugs to effectively slow down the | | | | sexually transmitted disease. |
| afflicted child, but with the growing concern over | | | | Your doctor can explain to you that accurately |
| stuffing our children full of prescription drugs for every | | | | diagnosing Attention Deficit Disorder is never simple. |
| ailment that MIGHT be present, parents are now | | | | Rather, it requires a thorough investigation and study of |
| starting to resist this approach and demanding a new | | | | the child over time, to see how the child reacts to |
| approach. | | | | different circumstances compared to others in the |
| Many of the new approaches, and many of which | | | | same age group. But like anything else, diagnosis of the |
| show great promise, is to train the afflicted person to | | | | ailment as early as possible is very important to |
| pay more attention to what his brain is telling him. This | | | | understanding it, working with it effectively, and making |
| applies whether the child is playing, doing homework, or | | | | compromises to accommodate the affliction. |
| just resting, but it is a behavioral change that the child | | | | |