ADHD Chapter Summary

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10.9) Disabilities make it hard for the student to learn, the most common disabilities are speech handicaps, mental retardation, emotional disorders, and learning disabilities. The book focus on learning disabilities because they are the most common. 10% of students have a disability half of which are learning disabilities. A learning disability is where they have normal intelligence, but struggle in one or more areas academically, the only way the student can be diagnosed with this is if they don’t fit the diagnoses for any other disability. This may indicate defecates in brain development and function. The diagnoses is not solely based on the intellectual test they administer, but on the gap between that test and an academic test. Boys are …show more content…

Learning disabilities are best worked with during grade school because they can be hard to work with in adolescence unless the teacher in communicative and committedly involved. ADHD is a big learning disorder it is where the person has problems with attention keeping skill, they are hyperactive, and highly impulsive. Half of learning disabilities are diagnosed as ADHD, and most people with ADHD have other learning disabilities as well. It is hard for students with ADHD to sit still in the classroom therefore, they find school stressful and unpleasant. Boy are four times more likely than girls to be diagnosed with ADHD, most ADHD is diagnosed in childhood and stay with them into adolescence. The reason for ADHD is unclear, but seems to have something to do with inheritance half of people diagnosed with ADHD have a sibling or parent with the disorder as well. 9 out of 10 people with ADHD are treated with medication the book says, this seem to be helpful in controlling hyperactivity, and increasing concentration. The medication, and behavioral therapy, such as summer camps seem to be the most effective by …show more content…

This also relies on the goals and attitude of the students. There are for subcultures the collegiate, the vocational, the academic, and the rebel. The collegiate centers around Frat and sorties, dating parting, sport events, and campus fun. They don’t care about school so they do the minimum amount of work and focused on parties. This students are found mostly in big universities. Vocational students they want their degree and they do the work they need to obtain it they view everything in a practical since if they do this they’ll get a better job. These people do the minimal work only for fulfilling the assignment, but they have no time or money to party because their working to pay off college debt. They are found in community colleges. Academic student are education centered they do all their work get excited about learning, and get to know their professors. The professors like these students best because their excited about their education. The rebels enjoy work and a passive with instructors if they respect them or find the information interesting they do the work if not then they receive a low score. All students most likely have been each if these in their college experience. In thee college classroom your first two years are most likely spent in a crowded class listen to a lecture from a professor who has no idea your there and could care less if you showed up today drone on about something you

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