ADHD
Learn more about students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and their experiences in school
Special Education
Opinion
Why So Many Boys With ADHD?
Failure to adapt to an abnormal environment is why one in eight boys ends up with the diagnosis, argues psychology professor Peter Gray in Psychology Today.
Special Education
Opinion
Too Many ADHD Boys!
That's the complaint from ADHD specialists. There are so many boys inflicted with ADHD that researchers lose track of the fact that girls can also be ADHD and their symptoms are very different. Weird.
Special Education
Opinion
John Merrow's ADHD Piece Reads Like a Thriller
The indefatigable PBS reporter [has an interesting piece here ](http://learningmatters.tv/blog/op-ed/drugging-kids/3662/#more-3662)about Ritalin, conflicts of interest between drug companies and parent groups and much, much more. The piece points out that the United States consumes five times as much ADD medicines as the rest of the planet. And guess who's taking those meds: four times as many boys as girls.
School & District Management
Study Shows Tobacco and Lead Exposure Associated with ADHD
The risk was especially high among children exposed to both substances,the study found.
Special Education
Cracking an "Age-Old Problem"
How would you fix special education to make it better?
Education
A.D.H.D.: Ailment or Asset?
Do you know anyone with A.D.H.D.? According to The New York Times, most kids now say they do: Michael Phelps. The Olympic superstar has become a point of pride for students and families who are affected by attention problems. As Harold S. Koplewicz, director of the New York University Child Study Center explains, "There is a special feeling when someone belongs to your club and the whole world is adoring him."
Special Education
Report Roundup
ADHD and The Brain
Researchers at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore who are examining the neurological basis underpinning attention deficit hyperactivity disorder have shown that children with the condition have less activation in the brain region used to rapidly switch behavior
Education
From A.D.H.D. to 8 Gold Medals
In a recent interview with the New York Times, Deborah Phelps, middle school principal and mother of Michael, the most medaled Olympian in history, remembers how her son’s elementary school teacher once told her, "Your son will never be able to focus on anything." Michael Phelps was big when he was born (9 pounds, 6 ounces), awkward as a kid, and bullied by his classmates. In preschool, his teachers complained that he couldn’t sit still. When Michael was in 5th grade, his mother and family doctor discussed whether Michael might have A.D.H.D.
Special Education
Olympics Star Fought ADHD
The New York Times (registration required) recently ran an article about Deborah Phelps, the mother of Olympics swimming sensation Michael Phelps, and some of the academic challenges her son faced.
Special Education
ADHD Experts Fear Brain-Growth Study Being Misconstrued
Implicit in some of the coverage was the hopeful idea that many children eventually grow out of the disorder. But that’s not exactly true.
Special Education
Report Roundup
Preschoolers With ADHD
Helping preschoolers who have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder may require more behavior therapies and less medication, concludes a study.
Special Education
Report Roundup
ADHD Prevalence and Treatment
A large percentage of children ages 8 to 15 who meet the criteria for having attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are not receiving the medication they need, researchers report.
Education
Inconsistency in ADHD Treatment
Are children with mental health illnesses like attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder being overtreated? No, according to a recent Washington Post article citing a mental health study that says most children who meet the criteria for ADHD do not receive medicine consistently enough. “There’s a perception that ADHD is overdiagnosed and overtreated, so we wanted to see if that was true among those who met the disease criteria,” says Tanya Froehlich, a doctor at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and lead author of the study.
Special Education
Computer Training Found to Help Those With ADHD
Recent studies have shown that a computer-based training program developed in Sweden helps sharpen the “working memory” skills of children and teenagers with ADHD.