[PDF] Top 20 Teachers’ Knowledge and Misconceptions of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

... Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), defined by the American Psychiatric Association as a disorder is char- acterized by a persistent pattern of inattention and/or hyperac- ... See full document

... and/or knowledge level of the school teachers in this study was on treatment of ...the teachers have a ...the teachers in our survey thought mistakenly that children with ADHD have an ... See full document

... School teachers play an important role in the assessment of children’s behaviors, and have been considered one of the most valuable sources of information with regard to the diagnosis of ...school teachers’ ... See full document

... The sample included 150 children aged 6-13 years and their parents. Boys constituted 50% of the sample. The average age of children was 9±1.9 years, and 80% of the parents were mothers. Age range of the parents was 25- ... See full document

... this knowledge base will assist professionals in planning appropriate interventions when working with clients who could benefit from information in this ...area. Knowledge acquisition about effective coping ... See full document

... that teachers too were having difficulty managing these children, although this finding may be explained by the fact that teachers had the option to blame mothers, whilst mothers had no-one else to ...the ... See full document

... All children who are newly referred with ADHD symptoms to one of the Child Psychiatric Departments or currently in treatment with ADHD-medication will be invited to partici- pate in the trial and will be offered an ... See full document

... clinicians, teachers, policymakers, parents and the ...genuine disorder with debate in the scientific community centering mainly on how it is diagnosed and ... See full document

... The ADHD children were all recruited from the pediatric neurology department of Amiens University Hospital. These children had never been treated with methyl- phenidate. Diagnosis was based on Diagnostic and Sta- ... See full document

... of knowledge regarding sleep problems in ADHD subjects is very sparse and is far from establishing a consistent pattern of results that could reasonably suggest that SDB is caus- ally linked with ADHD or its ... See full document

... The higher prevalence of ADHD in males that has been reported in other studies [7, 8, 15, 16, 20] was not found in this study. There was a slightly higher prevalence in this study although not statistically significant. ... See full document

... the attention problem underlying ADHD causes individuals to have difficulty processing social information, ...inadequate knowledge of social rules, roles and routines (Landau & Milich, 1988; Whalen ... See full document

... our knowledge, this is the fi rst study to ex- amine (1) how multiple anxiety comor- bidities are associated with functioning in children with ADHD and (2) how anxiety affects the broader functioning (ie, QoL) of ... See full document

... ADHD, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder; AISRS, ADHD Investigator Symptom Rating Scale; ...anxiety disorder; GSAD, generalized social anxiety disorder; HAM-A, Hamilton ... See full document

... The limitations of the study need to be considered when evaluating these findings. Due to our study design, some cases may have been missed because of inadequate follow- up. The subjects in the latest birth cohorts were ... See full document

... States. Attention-deficit disorder 兾 attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder was deter- mined by response to the question “Has a doctor or health professional ever told ... See full document

... Schools also collect information on pupils’ possible destinations, they conduct social and cognitive assessments on the pupils, they plan the transition process with them and make contacts with services and placements on ... See full document

... of attention- de fi cit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children is controversial, but the topic continues to interest parents and phy- sicians who prefer an alternative to stimulant medication or ... See full document

... of a total of 7 articles obtained through PubMed and published between 1978 and 1999 revealed a positive association between a history of recurrent otitis media and subsequent development of typical ADHD in only 1 study; ... See full document

... The ADHD group originally consisted of 384 cases. However, 108 cases were reported as having additional co-morbid condi- tions not commonly associated with ADHD, such as deafness, blindness, seizure disorder, ... See full document