Definition and Management of ADHD in Early Childhood Education

This document discusses the definition of ADHD (attention deficit hyperactive disorder) and its key characteristics in children. It also provides recommendations for the management and treatment of ADHD in early childhood education. The document includes references to relevant studies and research.

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Definition of ADHD.
The full form of the disease ADHD is attention deficit hyperactive disorder. A person suffering
from disease has differences in the development of brain and also the brain activity that requires
attention. The child suffering from this disease will not be able to sit still and also lose self-
control. The effect of this disease can be shown by the child in schools and homes (Amiri et al.,
2015)
Key characteristics of a child showing ADHD.
The child find many difficulties in the academics and because of their invasive and impulsive
behaviours, the child also do not able to adjust in the social activities. The child loss the ability to
think and thus will face different problems. Child of this type also develop oppositional deficient
disorder, which starts developing at home and also the child shows same behaviour at school
also. The next symptom is the inattentiveness of the child where the child shows behaviours
which are less obvious (Amiri et al., 2015). The inability to move with the demands of the
environment puts the children, their teachers and their families into troubles. Some children
show the symbols of impulsive presentation which are hyperactive and also the inattentive
presentations. Those presentations are called combined presentations of ADHD. Those children
face many difficulties in both the schools regarding the academics and also in the relationships of
the peers (Ertürk et al., 2016).

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Recommended management.
The best way to treat the child is by the family physician. A physician will tell the teacher of the
student to regularly look after the child. A licensed professional can help in guiding the teacher
and the family members to closely follow the activities of the child (Visser et al., 2015).
Contents of the slides
Slide 1
In the slides, autism spectrum disorder has been described. Autism described as it
provides an awe filled vision of the world which normal people cannot visualize except those
who have the diseases. Normally child suffers from social skills, speech and non-verbal
communication problems and I showing repetitive behaviours. It occurs very rarely, only 1in 59
children suffer from autism.
Slide 2
This disorder is a neurological disorder and also told that the disease is very severe. This
is characterised by inability to interact socially and the patient face restrictions in the thoughts
and behaviours. A child suffering from this disease cannot easily interact with all people, they
show behaviours which a child is normally not expected to do. A child show repetitive
behaviours and is normally found less interested in all other activities.
Slide 3
In the video given, there is a child who has been diagnosed with ASD and ADHD on 9
January of 2019. The recovery was done by psychotherapy and behaviour management,

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occupational therapy and also speech therapy. By providing proper psychotherapy, the
psychiatrist make the child able to learn how to behave with other persons. The speech therapy
will correct the way of his speech.
Slide4
The child was suffering from delayed languages, could not speak properly. From the
video it is seen that the child was not able to start any sentence and also he was facing problems
in ending sentences. In the video, while the celebration of birthday was going on, he was found
doing something else while the others were singing the birthday song and celebrating and was
feeling disturbed. The child was spending much time in stacking and up objects lining up.
Slide 5
The child was found spending lot of time in stacking and lining up objects. During the
learning time, the child was sometimes found to be hyperactive. All these are the critical
symptoms of ADHD. He was not showing interests in any other things except in the lining up of
different materials. He also showed attention and temper problems and found to be anxious
sometimes. In the video, the child was found running unnecessarily, facing problems in sleep and
also lacked in social skills.

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Reference
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