Adhd laptop

The Facts. Straight forward. Here and now.

A presentation by Lou, Sean, Brendan, Laurenne and Jana…

• ADHD only effects children• Parents are to blame for their children’s

condition• More boys than girls have ADHD• ADHD is over-diagnosed • ADHD can be cured with the correct discipline• A child who can concentrate sometimes, can’t

have ADHD http://www.healthyplace.com/adhd/wild-child/myths-about-adhd/menu-id-887/

You shouldn’t have.

Those facts were all myths about ADHD.

We have done our research.

Here’s what we found out about ADHD…

Lets learn a little bit about what ADHD is and how it was discovered…

• a medical diagnosis that effect humans behavioural and cognitive difficulties

• a set of interrelated deficiencies in attention, activity level and impulse control

• results in educational, social, parent-child and vocational problems (some of continuing into adulthood)

• believed to be caused primarily by dysfunctions in the frontal lobes of the brain that are most likely genetically transmitted

The prevalence of ADHD in young children is not

known with great accuracy.

According to the Howard Florey Institute (Australia’s Brain Research Institute), is it estimated that…

*Between 3% - 5% of Australian Primary school children are affected with ADHD.

*Australia has about 50 000 children taking medication for ADHD (the third highest

consumer in the world after the US & Canada).http://www.florey.edu.au/the-brain/brain-disorders/adhd/

According to a 2002 ABS report,

*When considering the prevalence of ADHD in terms of the difference in the sexes;

more boys (13%) had this condition than girls (3%)

*While ADHD only represents a small number of children, it is a condition which

has been diagnosed more frequently during the last decade.http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/abs@.nsf/94713ad445ff1425ca25682000192

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Attention symptoms Hyperactivity symptoms

•Not following through on instructions and failure to finish tasks.

•Avoiding, disliking or being reluctant to engage in tasks that require sustained mental effort.

•Easily distracted, have troubles sitting down, concentrating.

•Fidgeting with hands or feet, squirming in seat.

•Leaving seat when remaining sitting is expected.

•Difficulty playing or engaging in leisure activities and often on the go.

•Interrupt conversations or other activities.

Being out of seat too frequently

Not following instructions

Calling out

Being aggressive

Short attention span

Disruptive & distractive behaviours

Day dreaming/ Disengagement

Losing & forgetting equipment

Handing in homework late/incomplete

Securing the child’s attention before giving directions

Checking to ensure understanding

Assigning preferential seating

Reducing classroom distractionsProviding peer-

tutoring

Shortening activities/tasks and providing breaks

Making activities/tasks more interesting and stimulating

Providing reasonable choices

Providing computer-assisted instruction

Capitalising on strengths and avoiding weaknesses

Most common prescribed forms of medication are pychostimulants.

They make a person with ADHD more alert and more able to focus and

sustain attention.

Medication is not the only way to manage ADHD behaviours, you must use

behaviour management & interventions in conjunction with the medication for a

child with ADHD to benefit from the medication.

Some medications commonly prescribed:

•Ritalin

•Adderal

•Dexedrine

•Cylert

http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/PublicHealth/Pharmaceutical/adhd/links.asp - NSW Gov. website that offers information on ADHD and an extensive list of links (Nationally & Globally)

http://www.healthyplace.com/index.php?option=com_seyret&Itemid=78&catid=8 – provides a range of great videos based on ADHD.

http://orsaminore.dreamhosters.com/handy/links/uk_various.html#adh – an extensive links page to other websites (global) with information on ADHD.

http://www.adhdnews.com/ - provides detailed information about ADHD medication and other aspects of ADHD.

http://www.addact.org.au/ - great “information handouts” on practical ways teachers can manage ADHD children in the classroom.