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Thinking Positively: How Some Characteristics of ADHD Can Be Adaptive and Accepted...Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has received much attention over the past several years in both the scientific literature and the popular press, yet confusion still exists with respect to the origin of the disorder, factors that trigger or aggravate it, the trajectory of symptoms, and treatment options, particularly for young children (Gimpel & Kuhn, 2000; Mash & Wolfe, 1999). Entering the term "ADHD" into a popular search engine revealed 624,000 hits on the Web, highlighting the diversity and overwhelming range of information available to those seeking to learn about this condition. Most if not all, sources describe ADHD as a "disorder," and list the various deficits and difficulties that children with ADHD experience. Parents, teachers, health care professionals, and the children themselves can become discouraged as they learn about the negative aspects associated with a diagnosis of ADHD. This article reviews the challenges associated with ADHD, as well as more recent discussions that center around a positive view of this "disorder."
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Nurture Your Asperger's Child

Nurture Your Asperger's ChildYou want to find out more about Asperger's Syndrome, which is more and more common these days. You are learning about what doctors are calling the autism spectrum, which ...
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Grandfather builds Web browser for autistic boyJohn LeSieur is in the software business, so he took particular interest when computers seemed mostly useless to his 6-year-old grandson, Zackary. The boy has autism, and...
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Homeschooling For an ADHD Child - How To Effectively Home School an ADHD Child

Homeschooling For an ADHD Child - How To Effectively Home School an ADHD ChildHomeschooling children with ADHD shouldn't be that hard. A child with ADHD can be very trying, requiring an even greater investment in energy, patience, and love both on ...
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Aspergers Syndrome and Bullying

Aspergers Syndrome and BullyingStatistics show children with Aspergers Syndrome are more at risk of being bullied, with up to 94% of children with Aspergers Syndrome being victims of bullying. The data...
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Disaster Resources for Parents and Teachers
provides a list of disaster relief documents relating to preparation and early warning systems, making schools more disaster resistant, helping child victims of disasters, talking to children about the threat of biological warfare or terrorist attack, and more.

 

Science of Mental Illness

provides six lessons that help students understand what mental illnesses are. PET images s...

 

ChemLinks Coalition

offers resources for the first 2 years of college chemistry. Topics include global warming...

 

Charles Sheeler: Across Media

is the first exhibit to focus on the relationships among photography, film, and painting i...