Return-Path: <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g0TJakn25731; Tue, 29 Jan 2002 14:36:46 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 14:36:46 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <3C56F96A.487B853D@ellijay.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Art LaChance <arthur@ellijay.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-LD:3864] RE: NIFL-LD:3810 NO Support for phonetic X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; I) Status: O Content-Length: 2728 Lines: 69 OK, here's a different take on it. Let's say that a child, who cannot discriminate between 'safe' and 'unsafe' yet, enters into an environment, nay - forced into an environment, on a daily basis where they begin to have negative emotions because they may not be able to answer the teacher's surprise questions, may not even be paying attention, or maybe full of anxiety about mom and dad fighting, or divorcing. Nonetheless, enters the world of "failure" head first. Lets say this child begins to build an automatic response system that triggers the "fight or flight", and lets say the response is unfulfilled and the emotions continue building to intolerable. Would not the brain shift out of concious focus in that particular environment? Ultimately driving the child, still unable to discriminate between acceptable and unacceptable, into physical action? And when somebody nails his feet to the floor, would not that trigger a survival mechanism and blossom it into anger? Once the patterns become commonplace, 6-8 hours a day, wouldn't those behaviors become primary in the overall pattern? How about we call those behavioral conditions ADD and ADHD and ultimately BD? Just a thought. art Michelle Shuttlesworth wrote: > Andrea, > > Since noone else has jumped in to try and explain this yet, > I'll take a stab at it. ADHD is caused by a lack of blood > flow to the front of the brain which is in charge of > impulse control, attention, and various other things. The > lack of blood flow leads to a decrease in synapses and > thus, ADHD. ADHD is diagnosed through a psychologist or > psychiatrist normally along with the help of the person's > doctor. There are a lot of ways that it can be proven to > be present or not. One of the largest is checklists that > are filled out by the parents, teachers, and (depending on > the age) even the person suspected of ADHD themselves. The > three main symptoms of ADHD are hyperactivity, innattention > and impulsivity. Sometimes, especially in girls, the > hyperactivity is not there but the others are. This has > resulted in the past with the diagnosis of ADD. It was my > understanding that this term was no longer used, but I > might be wrong. I hope that helped you out a little. > > Michelle > > --- AWilder106@aol.com wrote: > > Nancy, Art, et al. > > > > I have truly forgotten what little I think I used to know > > about ADHD. Would > > someone please tell me how this is diagnosed? Does it > > exist, neurologically? > > Let's toss ADD into the pot, too. > > > > Thanks. > > > > Andrea > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! > http://auctions.yahoo.com
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