Sep

6

Share More …

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September 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment

      I wanted to share a bit more with you on ADD… I forgot to mention Ty Pennington, handyman on TV’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. He has suffered with attention deficit disorder since childhood. Back then, however, it was termed Minimal Brain Dysfunction.  His mother hid the diagnosis from Ty. “Imagine hearing that,” she said. […]

Sep

5

Friday Share

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September 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment

This week we’ve been talking about ADD and Michael Phelps has recently become a poster “child” for ADD awareness. His mother, a lifelong educator and currently employed as a middle-school principal, shared some of the accomodations she made in addressing Michael’s “issues” as a youngster in an interviw for ADDitude magazine.
“At age seven, he hated […]

Sep

3

Definition: Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD)

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September 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment

What is AD/HD?
We may all occasionally have difficulty sitting still, paying attention, or controlling impulsive behavior. But for some children and adults, the problem is so pervasive and persistent that it interferes with their daily lives at home, at school, at work, and in social settings.
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD) is a neurobiological disorder. It is characterized […]