| ADHD is attention deficit hyperactivity | | | | disciplined and obligatory activities such |
| disorder. It is a condition that generally | | | | as, homework assigned. The child continues to |
| affects children in their preschool or early | | | | lose and forget things that are essential for |
| school years. More than 2 million children in | | | | school activities. Its power of reception |
| America are affected by this behavioral | | | | stands hampered, it is unable to grasp the |
| disorder. Children showing symptoms of ADHD | | | | import of the instructions issued to it by |
| exhibit impulsiveness, inattention and | | | | teachers and parents. Otherwise the child is |
| hyperactivity. Thus these children find it | | | | very intelligent but that is for its own |
| difficult to control their behavior or | | | | cause. You can not channelize that |
| actions. | | | | intelligence as per your directions to the |
| | | | child. |
| Let's have a quick overview on ADHD. | | | | |
| | | | The Combined Type, as the name indicates is |
| There are three subcategories or types of | | | | the combination of both. This is the most |
| this disorder: | | | | common type of ADHD in children. |
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| 1. Predominately Hyperactive Type | | | | Due to the peculiar nature of the ADHD, the |
| | | | diagnosis is not very easy. Stress in the |
| 2. Predominately Inattentive Type | | | | children may cause similar types of symptoms, |
| | | | but actually it is not ADHD. Unsteady |
| 3. Combined Type | | | | behavior of the child is again not ADHD. When |
| | | | you take your child to the doctor, naturally |
| Each type has its own characteristics and | | | | the doctor will ask you questions to make a |
| peculiar symptoms. | | | | correct diagnosis. Therefore, it is |
| | | | preferable for you to keep the recordings of |
| The Predominately Hyperactive Type: Impulsive | | | | the unusual pattern of the child's |
| behaviors and hyperactivity are the | | | | disposition to things. Many of the serious |
| predominant characteristics of this type of | | | | problems that affect the parents indirectly |
| attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The | | | | affect the children also. |
| child is unable to sit still. It wriggles the | | | | |
| hands or feet to reflect unwillingness. The | | | | So, ADHD is not an ordinary type of stress. |
| child may just get up and run. Sort of | | | | You can not fix a definite time frame for the |
| impatience is evident amongst such children. | | | | stress to subside. As, it is the type of |
| Such behavior may disrupt the proceedings and | | | | stress, related to deformity in the child, |
| teaching in the class. The child is unable to | | | | lots of patience is required with those |
| sit comfortably and peacefully. It is unable | | | | assigned with the task of teaching or general |
| to grasp properly the home work assigned. | | | | looking after the child. The child may not |
| | | | feel that it has stress. At that level, it is |
| The Predominately Inattentive Type: This type | | | | normal behavior from its point of view. The |
| of child has no proper control over itself. | | | | real stress is in looking after it to achieve |
| It pays lots of attention to insignificant | | | | some sort of semblance of a normal child. |
| things. It has no control over the | | | | |