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Help! My Entire Class Has ADHD!
Is it really ADHD—or learned helplessness? Cheryl shows you how todistinguish between the two. You’ll learn engagement strategies forincreasing focus and motivation. You’ll explore intervention ideas forimproving concentration. And, you’ll return to your classroom with practicalteaching ideas you can use right away to help both types of learners be moresuccessful in school!
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Contact information:cherylldick@aol.com
ADHD:
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD) is aneurobiological disorder. Typically children with AD/HD havedevelopmentally inappropriate behavior, including poor attention skills,impulsivity, and hyperactivity. These characteristics arise in early childhood,typically before age 7, are chronic, and last at least 6 months. Children withAD/HD may also experience problems in the areas of social skills and selfesteem.
Source:http://ada.ky.gov/adhd_def.htm(Kentucky’s Office for the American’s withDisability Act)
Learned Helplessness:
The failure to avoid or escape from an unpleasant oraversive stimulus that occurs as a result of previous exposure to unavoidablepainful stimuli.
Source: Eric Jensen
Milestones
1902 British pediatrician Dr. Still described hyperactivebehavior in children as a ‘defect in moral character.’1937 Dr. Charles Bradley introduced the use ofamphetamines to treat hyperactive children.1980 American Psychiatric Association identified thecondition as a disorder. Two behavior patterns werelisted: Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and AttentionDeficit Disorder with Hyperactivity (AD/HD).1987 AD/HD was renamed Attention Deficit HyperactivityDisorder by American Psychiatric Association to includeBOTH conditions.1991 Change in eligibility requirements provided schools with$400 in annual federal education grant money for eachchild diagnosed with ADHD.1994 Three subtypes of ADHD defined.1997 Based on office visits, those diagnosed with ADHDreached 3.3 million children; nearly over 5 percent of allchildren. (U.S. figures)2003 ADHD becomes the number one diagnosed disorder inschool age children in America.Source: Eric Jensen, author of brain-based learning books.www.jensenlearning.com
Three Types of ADHD
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Predominantly Inattentive Type
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Predominantly Hyperactive-Impulsive Type
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Combined Type
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