ADHD: Strategies for Managing and Overcoming Challenges in Students

This essay explores Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), a neurodevelopmental disorder affecting brain function, particularly in children and students. It highlights the challenges faced by individuals with ADHD, such as difficulties with focus, impulsivity, and social interactions. The essay emphasizes the importance of early identification by doctors, parents, and teachers, and the need for tailored strategies to address ADHD symptoms. It suggests interventions like behavioral classroom interventions and parental training to manage self-focused behavior. The essay concludes by stressing the collaborative effort required from parents and teachers to support students with ADHD, promoting their mental well-being, and fostering their success. References from credible sources are also included.

Running Head: ADHD
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Essay
System04104
2/2/2020

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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a medical condition in which a
person facing issues related to differences between brain development and brain activity
(Barkley, 2013). The essay describes about the mental condition of a student who is suffering
from ADHD and how it can be overcome. ADHD effect the brain functioning of person in
which patient focuses on self-focused behaviour. ADHD generally seen in children and it is
important for the parents and teacher to care and understand the mental situation of the
children.
Strategy to address ADHD
ADHD is a complex neurodevelopment disorder, which affect the success of student
and also affect their ability to form relationship with other people. Sometimes, it is really
difficult to identify the symptoms of ADHD while sometimes it is vary from person to person
and easily identified by a neurologist and by a doctor (Green & Rabiner, 2012). It has been
seen that children who are suffering from ADHD generally ignores the desire and needs of
other people. These types of children are also interrupting in between the talk or in the games
in which they are not participating. These children also habituate to interrupt between the
talk. Students who are suffering with ADHD generally trouble waiting their turn in the
classroom. Students or children who face ADHD generally struggle with consistent
performance and cannot concentrate on a single thing in a time rather they divert their mind
on different things or activities (C.D.C, 2020). However, that is the reason they facing
difficulties in completing a single task with accuracy and efficiency. The lack of focus and
avoiding those tasks, which needs more metal exercise or hard concentration is generally
avoid by the students. Avoidance of performing more mental effort is the serious problem
with the students because it also effect their mental growth and development. However, these
problems also force the students to commit more mistakes and facing depression for their

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unusual activities and mistakes. Therefore, a proper strategy and guidance is required for
students to overcome this disorder (Advokat & Scheithauer, 2013).
Strategy to tackle the issue related to ADHD
As per the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the doctor should focus on
evaluate the behaviour problems of the student and identify the issue related to inattention,
impulsivity, or hyperactivity etc. The parents and teachers of the student should also care and
monitor the abnormal activities of the children, which are related to ADHD (Martin, 2012).
The doctor should also care about the report from student’s children, parents, school staff,
and friends about the activity of the student. The first thing needs to be done to manage and
treat ADHD is to provide training to the parents to identify behaviour of the children and
manage their self-focused behaviour. In schools teacher can organise the behavioural
classroom interventions where students can learn how they should behave and manage the
issue related to ADHD (Sayal, Prasad, Daley, Ford & Coghill, 2018).
In conclusion, if the student have serious problem related to ADHD then teachers or
medical practitioners can help them out to address the issues related to ADHD by identifying
their changed behaviour and provide guidance to get significant improvement in the
behaviour of children. However, if the parents and teacher both will work together to identify
and manage ADHD in children then it can be controlled, managed, and prevented in the
children and drive them towards the success.

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References
Advokat, C. D., & Scheithauer, M. (2013). Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
stimulant medications as cognitive enhancers. Frontiers in neuroscience, 7, 82.
Barkley, R. A. (2013). Distinguishing sluggish cognitive tempo from ADHD in children and
adolescents: executive functioning, impairment, and comorbidity. Journal of Clinical
Child & Adolescent Psychology, 42(2), 161-173.
C.D.C (2020). What is ADHD? Retrieved from: https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/facts.html
Green, A. L., & Rabiner, D. L. (2012). What do we really know about ADHD in college
students?. Neurotherapeutics, 9(3), 559-568.
Martin, A. J. (2012). The role of personal best (PB) goals in the achievement and behavioral
engagement of students with ADHD and students without ADHD. Contemporary
Educational Psychology, 37(2), 91-105.
Sayal, K., Prasad, V., Daley, D., Ford, T., & Coghill, D. (2018). ADHD in children and
young people: prevalence, care pathways, and service provision. The Lancet
Psychiatry, 5(2), 175-186.