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chapter 7
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Dr. Melchior Weikard | credited as the first to address the issue of attention deficits |
| ADHD | referred to as a phantom condition- fashionable, trendy diagnosis for people who are lazy. caused by: neurological, hereditary and genetic factors. |
| Conduct disorder | characterized by a pattern of aggressive, disruptive behavior |
| Strauss syndrome | children who are apparently hyperactive and distractible because of a brain injury |
| cerebral palsy | easy to diagnose, characterized by brain damage that results in impairments in movement |
| minimal brain injury | children of average intelligence who are inattentive, impulsive and or hyperactive |
| hyperactive child syndrome | preferred because it was descriptive of behavior and didn't rely on vague and unreliable diagnoses. |
| Neurotransmitters | chemicals that help in the sending messages between neurons in the brain. |
| dopamine and norepinephrine | two neurotransmitters founded in abnormal ADHD |
| molecular genetics | study of molecules (DNA, Proteins) that regulate genetic information |
| toxins | agents that can cause malformation in a developing fetus of a pregnant women. |
| Executive function (EF) | term used to describe a number of processes involved in controlling and regulating behavior. |
| behavioral inhibition | involves the ability to delay a response, interrupt an ongoing response. |
| sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT) | refers to a constellation of behaviors such as staring, feeling drowsy, loosing thoughts/ getting lost, forgetting what to say |
| adaptive behavior skills | self help, community living; associated with the area of intellectual disabilities |
| Functional behavioral assessments (FBA) | important for teachers to use with students with emotional or behavioral disorders. |
| contingency- based self management ** | involve people keeping track of their own behavior and receiving consequences often in the form of rewards based on behavior |
| Curriculum based measurement | method for monitoring academic progress for students with ADHD |
| momentary time sampling | allows teacher to conduct brief observations and collect data on a specific set of behaviors. |
| Psychostimulants | stimulate/ active neurological functioning most prescribed medication for ADHA |
| Starattera | non-stimulant sometimes prescribed for ADHD |
| Adderall and Vyanse | most common stimulant prescribed for ADHD |
| paradoxical effect of Ritalin Adderall | opposite of to expect in case of someone who doesn't have ADHD |
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