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Children with ADHD face many behavioral challenges that may affect the way they live
their daily lives. Past treatments and diagnoses of the disorders that have been done should be
seen differently because it is becoming more of an issue in young children than ever before.
The best ways to approach the issues are by getting to the source that is causing the red flags,
make sure that the children who are having constant problems in classrooms are being taken
care of by the teacher and make sure that the parents of the children who are showing
symptoms are aware of what is going on in the classroom. This will not only help the parent
out but the child because the symptoms will have less of an effect on the behavior of the child
due to the time the child was evaluated.
According to the author Cook, M.D, of the article, Focus on Exceptional Children
(2005), explains the top three disorders that school age students go through. ADHD or
Attention Deficiency Hyperactivity Disorder is a chronic condition of lacking attention into
one subject, and the inability to sit still for a period of time. ADHD can also come from the
family background of the children. Cook also explains how the different types of behavioral
issues that children have that are similar to ADHD; School aged children also suffer a lot from
is ODD or Oppositional Defiant Disorder. This disorder causes children to be disobedient to
authority figures. ODD is also associated with ADHD. The only difference is that ODD
causes children to act with anxiety that may later cause them to lash out in class. It may also
cause depression. The final disorder that causes children to not be able to focus in class is,
Conduct Disorder. This causes children to act in a violent way toward others and animals.
There are other types of Conduct Disorder; a child with Aggressive Conduct causes threats or
harm to others. A child with Nonaggressive Conduct causes damage of property, theft, and
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