Question

For the third time in the past 5 minutes, Jeremy’s fourth-grade teacher has had to tell him to sit in his seat and keep his hands to himself. It is as if Jeremy’s feet are attached to springs. He doesn’t walk; he bounces. He doesn’t sit; he squirms. It’s not just the motor activity that sets him apart from the rest of the class: Jeremy also has a motor mouth. He talks incessantly. He can’t resist sharing his ideas with the class, whether they are welcomed or not. As soon as he thinks about them, regardless of whether the time is right, Jeremy blurts out answers, disrupts the classroom, and adds considerable stress to his teacher’s already stressful job.

   Jeremy is almost the polar opposite of his classmate Leonard. For Leonard, Jeremy’s antics just fade into the background of other classroom stuff. Unlike Jeremy, Leonard is very quiet and rarely participates in classroom discussions, unless the discussions are about something that really interests him. Leonard spends most of his time staring out the window or off into space. The word daydreamer seems to fit Leonard perfectly.

   Leonard always seems to be at least one step behind everyone else. Leonard is rarely on task; he drifts off in the middle of assignments; often he has to be reminded to return toe arth. Leonard is doing poorly academically. He just doesn’t seem to tune in to whatever channel the rest of the class is on. Initially, the teacher thought that Leonard was a slow learner, until the class began to discuss different computer programs. The teacher was shocked at Leonard’s sophisticated knowledge base and expertise in the area. That was when his teacher began to think that there was something else getting in the way of Leonard’s academic success.

   In this case study, Jeremy and Leonard share more than the same classroom and same teacher. As incredible as it might seem, they both probably share variations of the same disorder: attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). How can two children who seem so different fall into the same diagnostic category?This is a question that has plagued theorists for the past 100 years. Although ADHD is among one of the most prevalent disorders in childhood, it continues to challenge professionals. It has been a topic for considerable discussion and controversy, especially regarding the over prescription of stimulant medications (Diller,1996).

In a 100 words or more:

Provide a discussion of the co-occurring clusters for childhood and adolescence symptoms and features.

Answer 1

Jeremy is having ADHD He can not pay attention and he is constantly hyper active. He has constant body movements. Whereas Leonard is having attention deficit disorder. He can not pay attention to his unfavourite subjects, he gets interested only favourite subject.

Jeremy constantly talks, he can not sit down at one one place, he can not even sit, there is constant leg movement, he quickly answers, he doesn't even thinks before disturbing class. He expresses his opinions regardless of whether everybody likes or not.

Leonard is having attention disorder. He is perfect day dreamer. He seems to be in his own world, and does not participate unless asked for. He is good at subjects but does not feels the need to express them.

Both of them can not pay attention to teacher. Both of them do not want to be in interest with the class or the other children. Both of them do not think that so and so behaviour would make them popular in the class. Both are in their own worlds which they think is perfect.