Academic Outcomes of Children With ADHD ADHD Literature Review Improving the Academic Outcomes of Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Improving the Academic Outcomes of Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2014) Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental condition recognizable by attention deficits, hyperactivity, and impulsivity that manifest across multiple settings. The most recent version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual

Psychosocial Assessment Describing Problem Personal Status Current Pattern of Use and Drug History Substance Abuse and Treatment History Medical History and Current Position Family History and Present Relationships Positive Support Structures Crime and Law-breaking Education Employment Inclination for Treatment Social History Resources and Accountabilities Mental Status Exam Narrative Treatment Plan Psychotic Disorder Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Drug Dependence, in sustained remission Depression Psychosocial Assessment PSYCHOSOCIAL ASSESSMENT-William Burg Describing Problem William is a 35-year-old, black male. William Living in CUCS supportive housing, alcohol addiction/sober for 6 months and has PTSD. He also does not have

There are many of these individuals, and it is time that this is changed. Parents often look away from these kinds of problems, or they spend their time in denial of the issue because they feel that their child will not be harmed by parental involvement with drugs or alcohol. Some parents have parents that were/are addicts themselves, and some are so busy with their lives that they do not

PSYCHOSOCIAL ISSUES AFFECTING African-American STUDENTS PSYCHOSOCIAL ISSUES AFFECTING African-American STUDENTS "They never want to hear what I have to say…it doesn't matter who started a fight, or what a teacher said to you that made you mad. You might have something heavy going on at home but no one asks. They're not interested. They just want you out of the school." 17-year-old 11th grade African-American female student, NYC (Sullivan, 2007, p. iii). In New York City, one of

They are in the process of transition from becoming children in the home to an equal partner in the world of equals. Some of the children get pleasure from the required intellectual stimulation, being productive and seeking success then they succeed in becoming competent. If they do not succeed, then they develop a sense that they are inferior. (Erikson's Eight Stages of Human Development) A similar type of development

1. As people progress through the stages of psychosocial development, they may get fixated due to suppressed desires. As all desires is driven by libido, according to Freud, any fixation can become a sexual fixation. Thus, being fixated at the oral stage would theoretically predispose one to have some type of oral fetish. Abnormal sexual behavior can be traced to fixation or stagnation, a neurosis that is due to a