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Local school offers information for parents concerned about children struggling in the classroom
It can be a difficult disorder to diagnose, but can affect one in five children. During Dyslexia Awareness Month teachers and staff at one local school are helping educate parents about recognizing language learning disorders. Fortune Academy on the...
Tags: Dyslexia, Social Sciences, Culture, Learning Disability
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The Kid's Doctor: So-called 'good grades pill' an unnecessary and potentially harmful stimulant
Premium Health News Servicehttp://www.kidsdr.com There's a lot of pressure placed on students to succeed, and many of them are turning to what teens call the "good grades pill." What is it? One of the prescription stimulants commonly prescribed to treat children with Attention...Tags: Social Sciences, Chemical Industry, Behavioral Conditions, Culture, Pharmaceuticals
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Dethrone homecoming royalty tradition
Because the good-looking, well-liked kids crave even more validation than they get simply by walking through the halls, many high schools hold elections about this time every fall to name a homecoming king and queen. Some students take this ritual very...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Social Sciences, Today (tv program), Sissy Spacek, The Detroit News
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Teacher of the Year transformed negative feelings about school into a career
julieg@herald-mail.comChristina Hammer-Atkins remembers school often being boring. So as a teacher, she strives to have engaging and exciting lessons for her students. “I teach for a variety of reasons. One is I hated school as a kid. That’s something that a...Tags: Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Behavioral Conditions, Students
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ADHD isn't only found in children
marieg@herald-mail.comThe inability to sit still was a defining characteristic of Phillip Urbak's childhood. While classmates would quietly sit at their desks, Urbak was a squirmer. He made good grades, he recalled, and often was on the honor roll. But he was easily...Tags: Social Sciences, Symptoms, Michael Phelps, Health and Safety at School, Health and Medical Professionals
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Briefs: New Scientist
Premium Health News ServiceNEEDLE-FREE DEVICE COULD DELIVER POWDERED DRUGS "You'll just feel a sharp sting..." No, don't look away, because these words may soon be a thing of the past. A needleless device that jets medicine through the skin could bring an end to painful...Tags: Social Sciences, Ian Hunter, Behavioral Conditions, Medical Procedures and Tests, Culture
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Allmendinger says he tested positive for ADHD drug
Suspended NASCAR driver AJ Allmendinger tells ESPN he tested positive for a prescription drug usually used to treat attention deficit disorder. Allmendinger says in an interview with ESPN that he took Adderall a couple of days before the race at...
Tags: Auto Racing, Social Sciences, Behavioral Conditions, Culture, ESPN (tv network)
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Briefs: Psychology Today
Premium Health News ServiceADOLESCENT GIRLS HAVE ADHD, TOO The words "attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder" may conjure images of a distracted, overly energetic little boy, but such preconceptions are often mistaken and can seriously mislead. Two recent papers in the...Tags: Health Treatments, Social Sciences, Behavioral Conditions, Health and Medical Professionals, Culture
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Antipsychotic use growing in U.S. kids and teens
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed during almost one in three of all visits kids and teens make to psychiatrists in the United States, according to a new study, up from about one in eleven during the 1990s. Much of that...Tags: Social Sciences, Psychiatry, Behavioral Conditions, Schizophrenia, Culture
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Glendale Gators swim club helps young girl with autism thrive
As their 5-year-old daughter, Jacey, and her older sister, Natalie, 7, got in their starting positions for the 25-meter backstroke, their parents, Tiffany and Robert Regan, said they wished the circumstances were different. Jacey, who was diagnosed...
Tags: Social Sciences, Swimming, Behavioral Conditions, Culture, Learning Disability
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Little girl injured by hair band makes best of situation
Q13 FOX News reporter7-year-old Mya Bartlett does not like to talk about the accident that fractured her skull and left her with traumatic brain damage. It happened in April, 2010. She fell on a soccer ball, fell backward, and hit her head. The Hello Kitty ponytail holder she...Tags: Head Injuries, Social Sciences, Skull Fracture, Injuries and Wounds, Culture
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Recognizing ADHD in children
As kids watch their last few days of summer vacation slowly slip away, their parents are preparing them for a return to the classroom. Some kids can't wait to get back to school, where they can continue their studies and spend time with their friends....Tags: Social Sciences, Behavioral Conditions, Culture, Family
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