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Special Needs > Attention Deficit Disorders
When ADHD Isn't Alone: Understanding Co-Occurring Anxiety, Dyslexia, and Learning Differences
...the neurological systems they affect intersect. Phonological processing deficits appear in both ADHD and dyslexia. Executive function challenges that define...function challenges that define ADHD also make it harder to manage the cognitive load of anxiety. Sleep disruption, common in ADHD, worsens both attention...
Medical > Neurology
Executive Function in Neurodevelopmental Conditions: The Brain System That Connects ADHD, Autism, and Learning Challenges
...function. The neurologist mentions autism and cognitive rigidity. The school psychologist flags working...The school psychologist flags working memory deficits tied to a learning disability. They're all describing...first part of a sentence while reading the end. Cognitive flexibility allows you to shift between tasks...
Therapies > Music
Connecting Music Therapy and Autism
...social/emotional, motor/physical, communication, academic/cognitive, or sensory. Autism is a neurodevelopmental...neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by social deficits, communication difficulties, and restricted, repetitive,...difficulties with sensory integration and experience deficits in organizing sensory input. In a typically functioning...
Health > Treatment
Is There a New Drug for Cerebral Palsy?
...vary in severity and include stiff muscles, involuntary movements, or cognitive deficits. Some children are able to function quite normally, while others...severity and include stiff muscles, involuntary movements, or cognitive deficits. Some children are able to function quite normally, while others will require...
Research > Brain Science
A Study of Cognitive Skills and the Brain
...and cognitive skills....term "cognitive skill"...interplay of cognitive skills...improving cognitive skills...(2) do cognitive skill...skill deficits contribute...can cognitive skills...numerous cognitive skills...type of cognitive testing...which cognitive skill...skill deficits can...regime of cognitive exercises...identified deficits is provided....success of cognitive skills...effect of cognitive skills...programs on cognitive skill...following cognitive skills...
Special Needs > Autism Spectrum
Improvements in Autism Symptoms
...years to affect intellectual development, but this study suggests that cognitive deficits do not have to be a part of autism symptoms — many children often...affect intellectual development, but this study suggests that cognitive deficits do not have to be a part of autism symptoms — many children often excel...
News > Research
Scientists Found the First Gene Linked Only to Autism's Social and Repetitive Behaviors. Here's What Families Need to Know.
...behavioral traits without affecting cognition. The team analyzed genomic data from...mouse models that displayed social deficits and repetitive behaviors without...difficulties with social interaction without cognitive deficits or hyperactivity. Bradley...social interaction without cognitive deficits or hyperactivity. Bradley noted that...
Lifestyle > Independence
Executive Function Support: Organization and Planning for Independence
...function is the brain's project manager: the set of cognitive processes that plan, organize, initiate, and monitor...can't yet handle reliably. What Executive Function Deficits Look Like in Daily Life. Executive function challenges...mental map of where things go. In ADHD, the primary deficit is often initiation and sustained attention. Your...
Health > Diagnosis
The Neuropsychological Evaluation: A Complete Guide for Parents
...learning disabilities that require formal diagnosis. The evaluation measures cognitive domains that other assessments miss. A child who reads at grade level but...level but can't follow multi-step directions may have a working memory deficit. A child who knows math facts but struggles with word problems may have...
Career > Advancement
Building Professional Networks When Traditional Networking Doesn't Work
...approach, how long to stay, what signals mean the conversation is over, adds a cognitive layer that neurotypical attendees don't carry. The result is that professional...the professional skill and ambition are exactly comparable. This isn't a deficit to work around. It's a design problem. Where Networks Actually Grow. The...
Special Needs > Attention Deficit Disorders
What is ADD and ADHD?
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, also...Individuals with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder also...is the same, as attention deficit disorder is the same as attention...three subtypes of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, including...exhibit symptoms such as slow cognitive thinking, daydreaming, mental...
Parenting > The Early Years
A Picky Eater or Problem Feeder?
...feeding could be the same. These problems are usually due to a sensory deficit or processing disorder, or it can even stem from a cognitive issue. Treatment...to a sensory deficit or processing disorder, or it can even stem from a cognitive issue. Treatment can be the same for both conditions, but problem feeding...