What Your Child Would Tell You About ADHD If They Had the Words: Having ADHD is hard.

The emotional toll of ADHD is often invisible and impossible to describe, especially if you’re a child with limited vocabulary and perspective on the world. Here are six of the hardest things about living with ADHD that your child may never tell you in words. Because it’s embarrassing, may leave you demoralized about being labeled… Continuar lendo What Your Child Would Tell You About ADHD If They Had the Words: Having ADHD is hard.

Association of Prenatal Maternal Anemia With Neurodevelopmental Disorders.

Is maternal anemia during pregnancy associated with risk of 3 commonly co-occurring neurodevelopmental disorders: autism spectrum disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and intellectual disability? To test the a priori hypothesis that anemia diagnosed in mothers during pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of ASD, ADHD, and ID in offspring and that the magnitude of the risk… Continuar lendo Association of Prenatal Maternal Anemia With Neurodevelopmental Disorders.

How Do We Know the ADHD Treatment Is Working?

When a child starts a new treatment plan, parents and health care providers normally set goals related to academic, behavioral, or social functioning – whatever specifically needs improvement. A Moving Target Is It Working? What About Now? Monitoring Treatment Why Monitoring is Critical What Is Treatment Monitoring? What Should We Monitor? Assessing Behavior at School How… Continuar lendo How Do We Know the ADHD Treatment Is Working?