Publisher's Synopsis
This compendium on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder as found commonly in children is a step in the right direction. It is aimed at documenting past and present trends in the treatment of children with this disorder. This disorder is pronounced and enhanced during the school age. Parents at home are the first to notice such an abnormal, usual restlessness, or unusual body movements or even poor body movements. Equally, parents are the first to notice poor early eye contacts, lack of gaze or poor gaze which are part and parcel of Para-language feature a child must develop before developing full language. Children who develop early short attention or non-attention may grow becoming completely inattentive and will pay no att1Mien to play and all forms of simulative activities either in schools or out of school environment. Children who pay little or no attention to events, or stimulus activities, or happenings around them may develop little or no interest or curiosity to doing things. They find it difficult to focus on things or activities. Even when such children focus their attention on events, such focus cannot be sustained for a while. Such children find it difficult concentrating. Following rules and regulations or structured repetitive actions are difficult to accomplish for such children. Impulsivity which is lack of thought before acting becomes the order of the day for such children. This write up has brought to the fore front the various perspectives of methods that have been used both in the past and present in the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. These ranged from the traditional medical practices to the alternative medical practices. Still what is most in the search for the best treatment of these children with ADHD is that more and more research Interests have been called into this disorder. Hence, new methods and reviews of traditional l methods have become imperative and a must. As new digital machines continue to remodel and challenge us to new heights, visions and thoughts so will traditional orthodox holdings and beliefs continue to change for the better. Happy reading!
