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October 08, 2006
Quick Stats of ADHD
Dr. Russell Barkley is a Psychologist, Child and Adolescent Psychologist, and a Neuropsychologist. He has been published in over 200 scientific articles and book chapters related to the nature, assessment, and treatment of ADHD and related disorders. He has put together a list of statistics about ADHD that are worth remembering.
• On average, there are 1 to 3 children who have ADHD in every classroom of thirty students.
• Three to six more boys are diagnosed than girls.
• ADHD children have a rate of emotional development that is 30% slower than their non-ADD peers.
• 65% of children with ADHD have problems with defiance, non-compliance and other problems with authority figures, including verbal hostility and temper tantrums.
• 25% of students with ADHD have other serious learning problems in one or more of these areas: oral expression, listening skills, reading comprehension, and math.
• Half of all ADHD students have listening comprehension problems.
• About 1/3 of ADHD students have one or more of the following problems:
o Language deficits (poor listening comprehension, poor verbal expression, poor reading comprehension)
o Poor organizational skills
o Poor fine motor skills
o Poor memory
• ADHD students are 2 -3 times more likely to have expressive language problems than their non-ADDers.
• 75% of boys with ADD are hyperactive; 60% of girls with ADD are hyperactive.
• 40% of ADHD children have at least one parent who has ADHD.
• 50% of ADHD children also have sleeping problems.
• Parents of ADHD children are three times as likely to separate or divorce than parents of non-ADD children
• ADHD teens have 4 times as many car wrecks and are 7 times more likely to have a 2nd car accident.
• ADHD teens have almost 4 times as many traffic citations as non-ADDers.
• Teens with ADHD are 21% higher of skip school repeatedly.
• 35% of ADHD teens ultimately drop out of school.
• 45% of ADHD teens have been suspended.
• 30% have failed or had to repeat a year of school.
These are a list of things that do not cause ADHD:
• Too much sugar
• Bad parenting (though a disorganized home life and school environment can make symptoms worse)
• Too little sugar
• Aspartame (brand name: Nutrasweet)
• Food allergies or other allergies
• Food additives or colorings
• Lack of vitamins
• Fluorescent lights
• Too much TV
• Video games
By: Margo Richter
Source: http://www.russellbarkley.org/; Taking Charge of ADHD by Dr. Russell Barkley
Posted by margo1 at October 8, 2006 06:44 PM
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