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The work of Douglas provides some insight into the nature of the cognitive functioning of children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and learning disorder (LD), as well as it describes the different types of cognitive disabilities that underlie the two disorders. Douglas's work indicates children with ADHD to have difficulties with the strategic problem-solving skills that are necessary for learning to occur (Shaywitz, 1992). An experiment of children with ADHD was compared to nondisabled peers. Both groups were compared on similar tasks that involved pairs that were associated the similarity of their responses. Furthermore, the children with ADHD tended to do poorly on memory tasks in a free .
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recall situation. This statement is enough evidence to argue against the common hypothesis of cognitive deficits that lead to both Learning Disorders and ADHD (Shaywitz, 1992).
Attention Deficit Disorder has become the most commonly known "psychiatric disorder" affecting children and adolescence. This disorder is one of the most controversial and misunderstood conditions of our time. Many people believe to be a brain based disease affecting between two and three million children, while others define it as a ploy to diagnosis countless youth with a condition that doesn't really exist. Attention Deficit Disorder is recognized as a plausible cause of difficulty among children with or without hyperactivity. Health professionals consider the types of behavior of ADD to fall into three main categories: inattention, impulsiveness, and hyperactivity. People with ADD are likely to have difficulty paying attention (inattention), thinking before acting (impulsiveness), and sitting still (hyperactivity). Unfortunately, clinicians still have not been able to completely disentangle the behavioral from the cognitive components of the .
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