Attention involves the ability to maintain required and adequate attention, compared to same age individuals,
on a generally uninteresting stimulus. It includes...
1. ability to sustain attention to uninteresting aural stimuli or visual stimuli
2. ability to selectively attend to a visual target or auditory target
3. ability to shift responses as required for the problem
4. ability to attend to two stimuli at once.... multi-task
5. ability to inhibit behavior
The name of the disorder regarding poor attention and organization is an
ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER.
The diagnosis is then divided into the Predominantly Hyperactive, Predominately Hyperactive or Combined category.
It is diagnosed on the basis of attention problems as well as difficulties with executive functioning. Definitions and examples are listed below...
An attention deficit disorder is actually an inaccurate name....
It is actually an attention dysregulation disorder.
Children with ADHD frequently become hyper-focused onto activities that are particularly interesting.
Executive Functioning is the ability to impose one's own structure and organization. It includes...
1. ability to consider alternative solutions when problem solving
2. ability to plan steps to solve a problem
3. ability to organize language
4. ability to think flexibly and consider other viewpoints
5. ability to recall or express information in an organized way
