ADHD and Sleep Deprivation

A pediatrician I recently spoke to has been finding that many of her patients referred for AD(H)D evaluations are actually sleep deprived…

Is ADD/ADHD a Learning Disability?

Attention Deficit Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder are behavioral disorders, not disorders of learning.  In various studies as many as 50% of those diagnosed with a learning or reading difference have also been diagnosed with ADD/ADHD. Although disabilities may co-occur, one is not the cause of the other. That means that treatment for ADD/ADHD […]