What are the signs and symptoms of Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)? Some children with ADHD or ADD develop ODD. The child with ODD is usually defiant, does not follow the rules and is hostile towards everyone including their family members and people in authority. Below are the signs and symptoms of ODD: display frequent temper tantrums always arguing with adults…
Did You Know? Many children are misdiagnosed as having ADD/ ADHD when their root difficulties go unnoticed or excluded under categorical/ label-focused assessment. Generally, sensory motor integration combined with auditory processing (processing sounds) difficulties may manifest symptoms that look like ADD/ ADHD. Sensory Motor Integration (SMI) + Auditory Processing (AP) Difficulties = May be misled to ADD/ ADHD + wrong drug…
What is attention? Attention is the cognitive process whereby there is focus on one area of the environment while ignoring the other things that are taking place at the same time. Attention includes listening to the teacher in the classroom while ignoring other background noises or conversation that are taking place or concentrate when the teacher is teaching instead of…