Chapter 6, Students with ADHD

What does ADHD stand for?

• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

• Attentiveness Desire Hyper Disability

• Attention Default Hyperactive Disorder

For a diagnosis of ADHD to be valid a student must clearly demonstrate a _______ of behaviors consistent with the diagnosis.

What kind of functioning can be affected by ADHD?

• Social

• Emotional

• Academic

• All of the above

Around how many children ages 3-17 have been diagnosed with ADHD?

• About 20 million

• About 7 million

• About 1 million

ADHD is considered neurobiological and begins during childhood.

• True

• False

ADHD is a developmental impairment of _________ function.

• control

• executive

• focus

Executive functions include mental activities such as.... (select multiple)

• Working Memory

• Self-directed Speech

• Reconstitution

• Cognitive Flexibility & Shifting

ADHD appears across multiple settings, however the environment of a educational setting may make ADHD more obvious.

• True

• False

Symptoms are related to a single stressor or one single event.

• True

• False

What is the term for having two or more co-existing medical conditions/disorders?

• Double Diagnosis

• Comorbidity

• Multiple Condition Disorder