Post by misty on Jan 7, 2007 15:51:34 GMT -5
lillian................Thread Started on Nov 12, 2006,
Hello! I am back from the International Dyslexia Association's national conference, and I wanted to share some information I learned about the similarities/differences between the behaviors manifested in LD's and ADHD, presented by William Kroneberger, a doctor of psychology at Indiana School of Medicine. Below is a chart he gave:
ADHD:
1. Avoids learning because of the effort it takes.
LD
1. Avoids learning because of a fear of failure
ADHD:
2. Inattentive--failure to orient or sustain attention
LD:
2. Puzzled and confused--orients but fails to process
ADHD
3. Impulsive and inaccurate
LD
3. Slow and inaccurate
ADHD
4. Greater risk of working memory delay
LD
4. Greater risk of motor, social, language delay
ADHD
5. Poor self-monitoring, self-awareness
LD
5. Poor processing of specific information
ADHD
6. Behavior manifests across situations
LD
6. Behavior manifests in area of weakness
Dr. Kroneberger said that #6 was the most defining separation between the two. ADHD behavior should be seen in many different life situations, not just at school or when performing certain tasks.
He also pointed out that 4%-7% of the population has ADHD, 5%-10% of the population has LD's, and 1%-2% of the population is comorbid ADHD/LD. For the child who is comorbid, intervention will take longer. Why this is so is quite interesting. 80% of LD's are language based. Brain studies have shown that those with language-based LD's have abnormal activity in the latter parts of their brains and compensate by overusing the front part of the brain; however, the ADHD child has abnormal activity in the front part of the brain, so the compensation normally used by LD children does not work as effectively for the LD/ADHD child.
Hello! I am back from the International Dyslexia Association's national conference, and I wanted to share some information I learned about the similarities/differences between the behaviors manifested in LD's and ADHD, presented by William Kroneberger, a doctor of psychology at Indiana School of Medicine. Below is a chart he gave:
ADHD:
1. Avoids learning because of the effort it takes.
LD
1. Avoids learning because of a fear of failure
ADHD:
2. Inattentive--failure to orient or sustain attention
LD:
2. Puzzled and confused--orients but fails to process
ADHD
3. Impulsive and inaccurate
LD
3. Slow and inaccurate
ADHD
4. Greater risk of working memory delay
LD
4. Greater risk of motor, social, language delay
ADHD
5. Poor self-monitoring, self-awareness
LD
5. Poor processing of specific information
ADHD
6. Behavior manifests across situations
LD
6. Behavior manifests in area of weakness
Dr. Kroneberger said that #6 was the most defining separation between the two. ADHD behavior should be seen in many different life situations, not just at school or when performing certain tasks.
He also pointed out that 4%-7% of the population has ADHD, 5%-10% of the population has LD's, and 1%-2% of the population is comorbid ADHD/LD. For the child who is comorbid, intervention will take longer. Why this is so is quite interesting. 80% of LD's are language based. Brain studies have shown that those with language-based LD's have abnormal activity in the latter parts of their brains and compensate by overusing the front part of the brain; however, the ADHD child has abnormal activity in the front part of the brain, so the compensation normally used by LD children does not work as effectively for the LD/ADHD child.
You have to pick and choose your battles and make sure that the teacher knows that you are behind your child 100% My son has been classified in school with ADHD and LD He is only in Kindergarten but he has been in pre kindergarten for 2 years and private speech and occupational therapy at 2yrs thats where they diagnosed him with verbal and body Apraxia. The school did not agree with the diagnoses but they did not see him in the early stages, I tend to think with extra help, positive reinforecements and lots of time and effort these kids can go far ;D