Potential Areas of Concern and How to Address Them

2020 ◽  
pp. 65-164
Author(s):  
Emily Papazoglou

Organized alphabetically, this chapter will introduce you to some of the more commonly encountered areas of concern. Medical, behavioral/emotional, cognitive, and academic concerns are reviewed here. This includes attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, anxiety, autism, epilepsy, executive functioning difficulties, language disorders, learning disabilities, motor problems, and premature birth. Commonly encountered terms are explained, the signs of different conditions are reviewed, and things to watch for are highlighted. Frequently asked questions about how to support development across a variety of different areas are answered and strategies are provided to help you maximize your child’s development.

2005 ◽  
Vol 97 (2) ◽  
pp. 485-504 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diamanto N. Filippatou ◽  
Eleni A. Lpvaniou

The aim of the present study was to (a) examine the prevalence of ADHD and the comorbid difficulties in a sample of 114 children, 3.6 to 17.6 yr. of age (89 boys, 25 girls) referred to our Unit and (b) evaluate the discriminative ability of the WISC–III scores for children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ( n = 22), Learning Disability ( n = 50), and Language Disorder ( n = 42). Analysis showed only 18% of 114 children had an Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder diagnosis. Multivariate analysis of variance and stepwise discriminant function analysis were applied. Vocabulary and similarities were the best predictors for distinguishing between language disorders and the other two groups. Moreover, the Language Disorder group scored significantly lower on all the subtests while the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Learning Disability groups scored lower on coding and information, respectively. Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Learning Disability could not be accurately identified from the WISC–III test or their ACID profile.


2006 ◽  
Vol 163 (10) ◽  
pp. 1730-1738 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Biederman ◽  
Carter Petty ◽  
Ronna Fried ◽  
Jessie Fontanella ◽  
Alysa E. Doyle ◽  
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