Little Women
• Nov. 23, 2007 - intersting article about ADHD
I ran across a very interesting article, today, about ADHD brain development. There's a new study out showing that several parts of the brain develop much more slowly in ADHD children, especially "egions that suppress inappropriate actions and thoughts, focus attention, remember things from moment to moment, work for reward and control movement." Depending on area, they run up to 3 years behind (early part of article), but areas which relate to tying sensory input to higher thinking were actually 5 years behind (end of article)!
One thing I've learned on here is that ADHD kids are typically 2 years behind in emotional, social, and fine motor skills. This now makes a great deal of sense.
(The best think I've done in the past year, school wise, is to expect dd to have writing skills 2 years behind. It has transformed writing from tragic to bearable.)
Here's the link:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,311078,00.html?sPage=fnc.health/neurology |
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