Search Results for: ADHD

Search Results for: ADHD

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What Is Conduct Disorder?
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…these symptoms can persist into adulthood. Children with CD often have other comorbid (or coexisting) disorders such as depression, anxiety, substance-related disorders, learning disabilities, and ADHD. It’s important to note…

Meeting The Challenges Of Tourette’s Disorder: Dan’s Story
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…also began to develop symptoms of anxiety, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). I saw a seemingly never-ending succession of doctors as we found that few…

Intro To Processing Speed
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…as having ADHD, as only 61% of the kids with ADHD also had processing speed deficits (as compared to their age-matched peers). Significant numbers of children with other diagnoses also…

Learning Disabilities 101
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…Screening for common co-existing conditions, such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) Intelligence tests Multiple measures of reading, writing and spelling, including measures of decoding, non-word reading, oral reading and…

What to Know About Getting Your Child SAT/ACT Accommodations
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ADHD or a documented learning disability, extra time may allow you to actually complete the test. Not everyone with ADHD benefits from extra time, but many do—particularly those with slow…

Teen Nicotine Use
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…signs and symptoms that they might be bringing to the table, thinking about symptoms of depression, anxiety, ADHD, all of the other things that might be a reason for kids…

Fears & Phobias in Kids, feat. Susan Sprich, PhD – Shrinking It Down
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…an assistant professor in psychology and Harvard Medical School, Dr. spirituous, co author of numerous chapters and articles on topics including psychosocial treatment for ADHD in adults and adolescents, trichotillomania…

Autism: Making the Transition to College, feat. Chris Keary, MD
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…Thank you, Gene. Um, one of the common ones that gets missed is ADHD. And sort of, in that kind of same area, challenges with executive function, planning and organization….

Happiness Comes in Green: The Mental Health Magic of Nature for Our Children
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…adolescents exposed to nature do better with regard to ADHD, overall mental health, stress, and resilience. Considering all this research, it seems likely that simple activities like collecting shells or…

How to Talk With Grandparents About Kids’ Mental and Emotional Health
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…for a child with depression, anxiety, or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). But it’s not always clear that we as parents should share our kids’ mental health issues with other…

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, featuring Susan Sprich, PhD – Shrinking It Down
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…wide range of challenges including psychosis, body dysmorphic disorder, ADHD, and even for coping with aspects of medical illnesses. Simply put, CBT is about giving people skills or tools to…

What is a Disorder of Written Expression?
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ADHD also struggle with writing issues, making this a complicated issue to appropriately diagnose and treat. The act of writing involves language, visual skills, and the motor skills needed to…

What Is A Section 504 Plan?
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Dan’s mom left her son’s evaluation team meeting at school feeling really frustrated. Dan, an active second grade student, was diagnosed by his psychiatrist with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)….

The Implications Of Poverty On Children’s Mental Health
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…year for depression and ADHD. Mary is also developmentally delayed, and reads at a third grade level. In addition to her psychiatric challenges, she suffers from asthma and worsening obesity….

What Is Tourette’s Disorder?
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ADHD and obsessive-compulsive symptoms. Make sure that whomever you see thinks about these co-existing syndromes as well. We’ve written about ADHD and OCD here at The Clay Center. But you…

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