person is under strict control,” is in a new place, or is doing interesting” activities, or is “very “especially with only one other person (DSM-IV 79)” “working AD(H)D is not a single condition; instead, there are three subtypes. People with the predominantly inattentive type have trouble paying attention. Those with the predominantly type are hyperactive and impulsive. The combined type includes all three major symptoms (DSM-IV 80) Perhaps the most well known symptom of AD(H)D is hyperactivity, but Hallowell and Ratey emphasize that not all people with AD(H)D are hyperactive. Indeed, they say that many people with ADD-mostly girls and women-are quiet daydreamers (153) Robertson notes that children with AD(H)D are inconsistent.” (qtd. In Latham) That means the same student could do very “consistently well in school one month then very poorly the next (Hallowell & Ratey 65) Hallowell and Ratey also point out that people with AD(H)D are sometime able to hyper focus. That means they may focus very well on one thing for a long time and will have trouble stopping when it is time to finish (DSM-IV 66) Works Cited Washington, D.C.: American Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV). Psychiatric Association, 1994. Hallowell, Edward M., and John J. Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995. Deficit Disorder from Childhood through Adulthood. Latham, Patricia H. Deficit Disorder in College.” Attention Deficit Disorder Association. “Attention National Center for Law and Learning Disabilities, 2000. Web. 16 Jan. 2009.
person is under “very strict control,” is in a new place, or is doing “especially interesting” activities, or is “working with only one other person (DSM-IV 79)” AD(H)D is not a single condition; instead, there are three subtypes. People with the predominantly inattentive type have trouble paying attention. Those with the predominantly type are hyperactive and impulsive. The combined type includes all three major symptoms (DSM-IV 80) Perhaps the most well known symptom of AD(H)D is hyperactivity, but Hallowell and Ratey emphasize that not all people with AD(H)D are hyperactive. Indeed, they say that many people with ADD-mostly girls and women-are quiet daydreamers (153) Robertson notes that children with AD(H)D are “consistently inconsistent.” (qtd. In Latham) That means the same student could do very well in school one month then very poorly the next (Hallowell & Ratey 65) Hallowell and Ratey also point out that people with AD(H)D are sometime able to hyper focus. That means they may focus very well on one thing for a long time and will have trouble stopping when it is time to finish (DSM-IV 66) Works Cited Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV). Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Association, 1994. Hallowell, Edward M., and John J. Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood through Adulthood. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995. Latham, Patricia H. “Attention Deficit Disorder in College.” Attention Deficit Disorder Association. National Center for Law and Learning Disabilities, 2000. Web. 16 Jan. 2009.
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