Childhood disorders final

To be diagnosed with a specific learning disorder a person must meet what four criteria?

• have difficulties in at least on of the following areas for at least 6 months despite targeted help

  • difficulty reading, understanding the meaning of what is read, spelling, written expression,understadning number concepts,mathematical reasoning

• have academic skills that are substantially below what is expected for the childs age and cuae problems in school work or everyday activites

• difficulties start during schol age even if some people dotn experience signifiant problems until adulthood

• learning difficulties are not due to other conditions such as intellicatl disability, vision, neurological condition, adverse conditions etc

To diagnose ADHD using DSM5 what conditions must be met?

• 6 or more symptoms of inattention/hyperactivity for children up to age 16

• appear prior to age 12

• be present for longer than 6 months

• occur across two or more settings ( school,home, activites)

• produce significant impairments in childs social or acadmeic performance

• not be due to another disorder

• occur more often with greater severity than otehr children of the same age and sex

Associated characterisitcst ADHD

• ognitive devicits and impaired executive funtioning ex LD

• Speech and language impairments - 30 - 60%

• developmental and coordination difficulties

• tic disorders

• medical and physical concerns ex sleep distrubrances, risk tkaing behaviors

  • social problems

Co - morbidities

• oppositional defiant disorder ( up to 50% of kids with ADHD meet the criteria for ODD)

• conduct disorder ( 30 - 500%)

• Anxiety disorder - 25%

• mood disorders 20 -30% experience depression

• tourettes disorder

• developmental coordination disorder

• learning disability ( 20 - 30%)

• Overlap with autism

What are the impaired executive functions in ADHD

• organize, prioririze, activitae

• focus, shift and sustain attnetion

• regualte alertness, effort and processing speed

• manage frusteration and modualte emotion

• working memory and accessing recall

• monitor and regulate action

Self management encourges studetns to :

• self monitor

• self-assess

• self reinforce

• self instruct