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