PPT Slide
Attention deficits represent the most common developmental problem in school age children
- Once thought - affected school-aged children
- ”Outgrew" at puberty
- Now recognized that 50% to 70% of children with attention deficits diagnosed between 6 and 12 years of age continue to manifest troublesome symptoms through middle adolescence.
- The term ADHD is now routinely applied to
- Increasing number of ADHD children now
being called "Tourette's" syndrome