Deck 9: Children Who Have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Question 1

How is ADHD treated?

Answer 1

With medication, positive behavior supports or both.

Question 2

Give an example of curricular modification or classroom adaptation that would be appropriate for students with ADHD.

Answer 2

Acceptable answers include an example of PBS, high level of structure, curricular modification, or social skills training.

Question 3

How do medications attempt to correct the systems of ADHD?

Answer 3

Increase the amount of neurotransmitters (can answer with increase in dopamine or norepinephrine)

Question 4

In your own words, define executive function.

Question 5

What are the symptoms of ADHD?

Question 6

Which of these is a proximity control?

A) Keeping children close to the teacher to encourage more on-task behaviors.
B) Seating children with ADHD or other challenging near well behaved, on-task students
C) Putting a child close to the behavior chart so they can add their own stickers.
D) Putting children who need fewer distractions closer to the corner of the room.

Question 7

Which of these is a positive behavior support?

A) Maintaining a start chart and taking stars away when a child forgets his homework.
B) Taking away recess.
C) A visual schedule taped to a child's desk.

Question 8

The three presentations of ADHD are:

A) Inattention, combined, and hyperactive-impulsive.
B) Inattention, hyperactive and impulsive.
C) ADD, ADHD, ADHD with autism.

Question 9

Comorbidity means…

A) death.
B) occurring at the same time in the same person.
C) occurring in the same family.
D) occurring in the same community.

Question 10

ADHD is caused by…

A) vaccines.
B) genetics and environmental factors.
C) genetics alone.
D) environmental factors alone.

Question 11

Medication for ADHD can be prescribed as early as:

A) 3 years old.
B) 5 years old.
C) 7 years old.
D) Not until after puberty.

Question 12

Who can diagnose ADHD?

A) Doctors and psychologists.
B) Special education teachers, psychologists, psychiatrists and neurologists.
C) Occupational therapists, doctors and psychologists.

Question 13

When is ADHD most commonly diagnosed?

A) When children enter primary grades.
B) Infancy.
C) As early as preschool and as late as adulthood.

Question 14

Medication is the only way to treat ADHD.

Question 15

ADHD has only been around since the 20th century.

Question 16

What are the components of the RULER approach to social emotional learning?