What’s involved in an ADD assessment? It’s important that a parent who has a child with symptoms of attention deficit disorder go through an assessment process conducted by a trained profession. ADD is a medical diagnosis. Many school counselors or school psychologist may initiate the process by interviewing the child, parent(s) and teachers to see...
Is There A Cure For ADD/ADHD? Not yet. There is no known cure for ADD/ADHD. However, for many children and adult behavioral therapy, medications, schooling and parenting strategies that involve teaching children coping techniques have all proven to be successful interventions. Research seems to indicate that only one in three children who are diagnosed with...
Parenting a child who has attention deficit disorder (ADD) or attention deficit hyper-active disorder (ADHD) can place a lot of stress on a parent when that emotional feeling could best be utilized in a manner that is more nututring and instructional. The following ScottCounseling article will help a parent understand that they are not to...
What Causes ADD/ADHD? Medical experts believe that brain structure and function play a role in causing ADD and ADHD. The brain’s frontal lobe (located near our forehead) has often been the point of concentration by medical research teams. Through the use of MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) these teams have found that the frontal lobes...
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