FMLY 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 47: Latency Stage, Libido, Methylphenidate

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Family Social Sciences
• Course: FMLY 1010
• Professor: Christine A.Schippers

Document Summary

Adhd children display more movements in sleep, trouble with sleep onset, duration and true sleep: number of minutes of sleep time excluding all periods of wakefulness, which can be distinguished by electroencephalograph. Different from peers in activity level, ability to sustain attention, control impulses. Degree of hyperactivity exhibit is unrelated to performance on attention tasks. 1) hyperactive-impulsive type: high activity level is the problem: inattentive type, trouble keeping attention. By the time diagnosed, parents lose confidence in ability to control children. Parent training is helpful to find balance between strict and permissive. Regain sense of control, manage difficulties and their emotional reactions o take: training can help concentration skills. Training and practice in these two domains of cognitive functioning substantially reduces adhd symptoms. Does(cid:374)"t (cid:374)ecessarily help (cid:449)ith acade(cid:373)ic grades, (cid:373)ethylphe(cid:374)idate ha(cid:448)e the greatest effect o(cid:374) school grades among children whose adhd symptoms are so severe that they interfere with actual learning. Chapter 10: social & personality development in middle childhood.