Help your child or students build focus and pay attention. Strategies, tips, and activities for focus, attention, distractibility, ADD, and AHDD.
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental condition that has gained recognition and understanding over the…
The first subtype of ADHD is the inattentive type. This is the child who is often labeled the daydreamer. Strategies for ADHD inattentive type are included.
WHAT DO TONILS HAVE TO DO WITH ADHD?? Remember in the 1960s when everyone got their tonsils out when they turned seven or eight. Tonsillectomies where like bicycles, everyone got one. By the early seventies, doctors were reevaluating that practice and deciding that the tonsils were probably there for a reason and that yanking them out of every kid on the block probably wasn't the greatest idea in the world. Looking at some of the studies that have been done on tonsillectomies and ADHD, it is possible that those old time surgeons may have been on to something. It turns out big tonsils can cause more serious problems than fever and sore throat. I just read this incredible abstract from a study that was done in Iran that I have to share with you. In this study they tested 35 ADHD kids for inattentive ADHD symptoms as well as for hyperactive ADHD and Combined type symptoms before and after tonsillectomy and found that inattention scores fell in some kids by almost 75%, hyperactivity and combined ADHD cores did not fall by as much but those scores were improved as well. Now granted the study was small, only 35 kids, but these findings are believable because they are not new and they have been replicated in other studies. The difference between this study and others is the fact that these researchers measured the amount of Inattentive ADHD and other ADHD symptoms before and after the tonsillectomy and were able to quantify the improvement. The biology behind these improvements involves the fact that the large tonsil can cause obstructions or blockages that cause poor oxygen flow to the lung and the brain. Less brain oxygen is a very bad thing and it translates to less attention and less control of our behavior and mood. Blocked airways can happen when you have sleep apnea, asthma, certain types of allergies as well as when tonsils are enlarged and we know from a voluminous (great word) number of studies that these are all conditions with a disproportionate amount of co-existing ADHD. This study further reminds us that Inattentive ADHD is not always JUST ADHD. Sometimes the inattention is the result of other underlying conditions. I have written a post on the many conditions that are NOT ADHD but that look like ADHD but if you or your child have breathing issues, snoring issues, or upper airway problems, then a trip to a specialist for evaluation of these problems is in order. Tonsillectomy will not be the choice Inattentive ADHD treatment for everyone, but for those folks that need it, it could help a whole lot! Effect of adenotonsillectomy on ADHD symptoms of children with adenotonsillar hypertrophy.Acta Med Iran. 2012 Aug;50(8):547-51.Dadgarnia MH, Baradaranfar MH, Fallah R, Atighechi S, Ahsani AH, Baradaranfar A. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2009 Jul;135(7):642-6. Improved behavior and sleep after adenotonsillectomy in children with sleep-disordered breathing: long-term follow-up. Wei JL, Bond J, Mayo MS, Smith HJ, Reese M, Weatherly RA.
The first subtype of ADHD is the inattentive type. This is the child who is often labeled the daydreamer. Strategies for ADHD inattentive type are included.
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“We've tried everything from kindly reminding her to tidy up her room to doing it ourselves when we can’t take it anymore. ADD is really exhausting and sucks so much energy from us.”
Can you have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) if you’re not hyperactive? According to the criteria for the inattentive type of ADHD, yes - you can.
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In a society that traditionally associates ADHD with hyperactive boys, females with this condition frequently go undiagnosed or misdiagnosed, leading to significant challenges and consequences.
Raising awareness of inattentive ADHD. 🧠 So often this is missed as people associate ADHD with hyperativity! It is also the most common diagnosis for women. Many of whom have simply believed they...
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This article provides an overview of the DSM-5 criteria for ADHD including the three different subtypes of ADHD.
ADHD is a disorder that makes it hard for people to pay attention and stay focused. There are three types of ADHD: inattentive (having trouble paying attention), hyperactive-impulsive (always on the go and impulsive), and combined (having symptoms of both).
By: Donae Cannon, OTR/L I often hear from women who suspect they have ADHD but weren't diagnosed as children. Is it possible that these women developed ADHD as adults? According to the DSM 5, ADHD is a neurodevelopmental disorder that "begins in childhood". In other words- if you have ADHD, you've always had it. There's a problem though; ADHD symptoms are often missed in young girls. They're more likely to present with inattentive symptoms (which are not as disruptive so less likely to be notic
What is ADD vs. ADHD, exactly? Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder comprises three distinct subtypes — inattentive (traditionally called ADD), hyperactive-impulse (traditionally called ADHD), and combined. Symptoms vary significantly for each type — from bouncing-of-the-walls energy to quiet spaciness and profound disorganization.
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This post contains affiliate links. My friends at The Inclusive Class posted the following visual on Facebook: It resonated, but I found myself thinking much more about stereotypes than disabilities. You’ve done it, haven’t you? Referred to girls as “chatty”, categorized their behavior as “drama” or blamed the way she is acting on “hormones”? I certainly have. And there may well be truth to each of those descriptions. But we do our children a disservice when we simply use stereotypes to explain away their behavior. That’s why this list really gave me pause. In looking at it closely, many are the sort of behaviors one might explain away as “girl stuff”. And while there are genuine differences in the way that boys and girls may demonstrate attention deficits, far more concerning to me is the way that adults tolerate (or don’t!) these behaviors. According to this article from Understood.org, “Teachers tend to have a different tolerance level for the behavior girls with ADHD exhibit than they do for the behavior of boys with ADHD.” Is this leading us to misdiagnosing and/or over-diagnosing children based on our own set of expectations or a lack of ability to understand behavior? “If a child can’t learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn.” Shouldn’t the same be true of the way we manage behavior? Why do we continue to force children into neat packages that can sit still and attend for hours at a time? I have written about attention issues before. In Are We Giving Our Children ADD? I reflected on an article that asserts we must train our “attention muscle”. My jury is still out on this concept. While I do think there is merit to the idea that we can teach, and thereby improve, the skill of paying attention, I also think we are simply expecting too much of our children when we force them to sit at desks and pay attention throughout an entire school day. What about flexible seating options? Could a standing desk be a solution? So let’s not assume that all of our girls have ADHD just because they like to chat with friends, and we must not discount the real effect that changing hormones can have on both girls and boys. Rather, let's become increasingly mindful about our expectations of behavior and the way in which we both categorize and tolerate those behaviors we consider problematic. Maybe it's just our expectations that are the problem. Read more in Attention Deficits and Gender - Continuing to Make Sense of Behavior Be sure you never miss a post from Removing the Stumbling Block:
In order to be diagnosed with ADHD by a professional, the ADHD symptoms must have persisted for at least six months and have been present before the age of 12 years according to the DSM-5.
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