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Attention and a diagnosis

Submitted by adiflesher on Mon, 07/07/2008 - 4:29pm.

I am wondering if your experience is that ADHD is a useful diagnosis.  My experience is limited to High School students. Many of them self identify as ADHD. Some actually have a diagnosis, others just feel like they struggle with attention.  It seems to me that there is a pretty big continuum regarding attention among kids and that the diagnosis of ADHD does not always help us understand what is going on with kids ability to attend.

 

I was curious what your experience was with younger kids. Is there a big difference between the ones who have a diagnosis and the ones who don’t?  Are there things that work for both groups that help them learn to attend?

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