| Diagnosing a learning disability or a
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| | disturbing side effects in some children.
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| medical condition like ADHD can be
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| | In order for your child to be diagnosed
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| complicated and inexact. In the case of
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| | with ADHD, he or she must have
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| ADHD, many of the telltale symptoms are
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| | consistently exhibited ADHD
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| also often symptoms of regular childhood
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| | characteristics for an extended period of
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| behavior -- restlessness, rowdiness, and
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| | time and in different environments
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| a tendency to be easily distracted.
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| | (school, home, play..etc). Because many
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| Diagnosing a learning
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| | of the symptoms of ADHD are also common
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| disability or a medical condition like
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| | symptoms of depression or anxiety, the
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| ADHD can be complicated and inexact. In
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| | doctor or psychologist evaluating your
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| the case of ADHD, many of the telltale
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| | child will want to make sure that your
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| symptoms are also often symptoms of
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| | child is not simply reacting to specific
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| regular childhood behavior --
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| | situations. According to the Psychiatric
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| restlessness, rowdiness, and a tendency
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| | Association's Diagnostic and Statistical
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| to be easily distracted. ADHD is treated
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| | Manual of Mental Disorders, which is
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| differently from learning disabilities
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| | often used in ADHD research studies,
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| because it is thought to be different in
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| | common symptoms include:
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| nature. While most learning disabilities
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| | -Difficulty organizing tasks and
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| can be diagnosed through specific
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| | activities
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| testing, ADHD requires a more subtle
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| | -Often losing things necessary for tasks
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| diagnosis through comprehensive
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| | or activities
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| evaluation.
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| | -Often easily distracted by outside
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| A learning disability is generally caused
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| | stimuli
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| by a neurological difference in the brain
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| | -Not listening when spoken to directly
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| structure of a child that makes it
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| | -Difficulty awaiting turn
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| difficult for him or her to process
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| | -Difficulty playing or engaging in
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| information in the same way as others.
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| | leisure activities quietly
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| Learning disabilities rarely have
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| | There is no single specific test that
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| anything to do with intelligence level
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| | will diagnose ADHD and each child will
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| and are generally not treated with
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| | exhibit symptoms in a slightly different
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| medication, as medication can do nothing
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| | way. As there are also no genetic
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| to change a brain's "wiring," or
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| | indicators of ADHD, diagnosis requires
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| structure. Children with learning
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| | extensive and thorough evaluation. The U.
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| disabilities have to be trained to
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| | S. Department of Education does not
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| compensate for them, and after they are
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| | require a clinical diagnosis, which means
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| diagnosed, schools can help them by
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| | that for school purposes, if a school
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| providing extra time on tests or other
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| | allows it, a school psychologist can
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| taking other special measures.
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| | diagnose ADHD in your child. If after
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| ADHD is not considered to be a learning
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| | careful consultation you determine that
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| disability as it is thought to be caused
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| | your child does have ADHD, be sure to
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| by an absence of the neurotransmitter
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| | evaluate multiple behavioral and medical
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| norepinephrine in parts of the brain, and
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| | or herbal options for treatment for ADHD
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| not necessarily by the brain's "wiring."
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| | before deciding on the one you feel is
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| Medication can sometimes be used as a
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| | best for your child.
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| successful child ADHD treatment because
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