Garrard,+Mikayla,+ADD+and+ADHD

A D H D & A D D

==== I chose to research these two attention-deficit disorders because my brother and father have both been diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and that has had a great effect on my life. I saw how difficult it was for my brother all through school. I saw what methods of teaching worked and what did not work; I thought that, by doing further research, I could be more prepared to deal with these learning disabilities in the future. ====

The top 5 things I learned from creating this wiki are: 1. Children with ADHD or ADD tend to be visual learners. 2. ADHD and ADD can make homework and tests very difficult for students and should be taken into account by a teacher instructing a student that has this disability. 3. Many of the most famous, innovative people in history have been diagnosed with ADHD. 4. As a teacher, you may be able to find a motion or trick that will help the child focus so it is important to try new things with attention-deficit disorders. 5. Meditation has been proven to help children with ADHD and ADD focus and have a calmer behavioral pattern.

If you only look at one resource on this page look at number 4. The video is very useful and provides a non-medical method to depressing the symptoms of ADHD and ADD in children.

1. This is a video that we watched in class one day that i found on Youtube.com. He talks about his experience with having ADHD and raising children with the same disorder. I would give it a 5/5 for educational content because the way he said his teacher kept him focused would work. I also rate it a 5/5 for humor. media type="custom" key="7533203" "I was trying to daydream, but my mind kept wandering" -Steven Wright

2. This website was interesting to me because it lists the many famous people that have ADHD and encourages the reader to compare the success, ideas, and behaviors of each. I would rate it a 4/5 for engaging content. [|Famous People with ADHD]

"Think of an absentminded professor who can find a cure for cancer but not his glasses in the mess on his desk. These are the inventors, creators, poets -- the people who think creative thoughts because they don't think like everyone else." //- Martha Denckla, M.D., Director of the Department of Developmental Cognitive Neurology at the Kennedy-Drieger Institute at John Hopkins.//

3. This audio is from a BBC radio station. I did not like the way that one mother discusses the affect of medication on her child because, when my brother was on the same medication, it was like he was numbed. He didn't act out as much, but he didn't smile often either. In his experience these also made it difficult for him to sleep well through the night. I rate it a 2/5 for educational content because it does address the disorder and its symptoms. media type="custom" key="7533367" "ADD is like going through life carrying a one man band contraption with a broken strap" -Julia Smith-Ruetz

4. I discovered this video on Youtube. I liked it because it uses the children's point of view to analyze ADHD and show the effectiveness of Transcendental Meditation. I would rate it a 5/5 for educational content because it describes the disorder and a way to assist someone with carrying on a normal life. media type="custom" key="7533289" "Being ADD, when I read a book about marine life my mind allows me to travel with the fish and imagine life beneath the sea. Or I can read a book about astronomy and dance among the stars...I may not immediately comprehend that 3+4=7, but I may fully realize that n+26=51 and that the missing number is 25." //- Matthew Kutz, age 13, from " [|Think Fast! The ADD Experience] (Hartmann, Bownman & Burgess).//

5. This video is a clip from the television series South Park and I found it on Bing Videos. I would rate this a 4/5 for humor because it is funny, but i give it a 1/5 for educational content because this is a horrible way to handle the disorder. media type="custom" key="7533309" "I prefer to distinguish ADD as attention abundance disorder. Everything is just so interesting . . . remarkably at the same time.” — Frank Coppola, MA, ODC, ACG

6. This is a link to a website that has many different videos, many of them follow a child (ages range from 3-high school level) in their lives as they struggle with ADHD and some even show how they dealt with medications. I rate this a 5/5 for its information and the way it is shown through personal experiences and real life stories.

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"My room may be a mess but it's an organized mess. I know right where everything is." -Brandon Curtiss

7. This is a slide show from slideshare.net; it has good information so I rate it a 5/5 for educational content. media type="custom" key="7533439"

"I see myself as an intelligent, sensitive human, with a soul of a clown which forces me to blow it at the most important moments." — Jim Morrison, musician

8.I found this website link at delicious.com and it has very good information for teachers and parents about instructing a child with ADD or ADHD. I would rate it a 5/5 for its useful content.

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"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible." — Frank Zappa, musician