The Statistics of ADHD
ADD by the numbers - a summary of the research of Russell Barkley,Ph.D.
A quick summary of statistical research of Russell Barkley
- On average, there are 1 to 3 children who have ADHD in every classroom of 30 students.
- Three to six more boys are diagnosed than girls.
- The rate of emotional development for children with ADHD is 30% slower than their non-ADD peers. For example, a 10-year-old with ADHD operates at the maturity level of about a 7-year-old; a 16-year-old beginning driver is using the decision making skills of an 11-year-old.
- 65% of children with ADHD have problems with defiance, non-compliance and other problems with authority figures, including verbal hostility and temper tantrums.
- 25% of students with ADHD have other serious learning problems in one or more of these areas: oral expression, listening skills, reading comprehension, and math.
- Half of all ADHD students have listening comprehension problems.
- About one-third of these students have one or more of the following:
- Languange deficits (poor listening comprehension, poor verbal expression, poor reading comprehension)
- Poor organizational skills
- Poor memory
- Poor fine motor skills
- Students with ADHD are two to three times more likely to have problems with expressive language than their non-ADD peers.
- 75% of boys with ADD are hyperactive; 60% of girls with ADD are hyperactive.
- 40% of children who have ADHD have at least one parent who has ADHD
- 50% of children who have ADHD also have sleep problems.
- Parents of a child who has ADHD are three times as likely to separate or divorce as parents of non-ADD children
- Teenagers with ADHD have almost four times as many traffic citations as their non-ADD peers.
- Teens with ADHD have four times as many car wrecks and are seven times more likely to have a second accident.
- 21% of teens with ADHD skip school repeatedly.
- 35% eventually drop out of school.
- 45% have been suspended.
- 30% have failed or had to repeat a year of school.
 8 Comments:
-
Posted by
leigh86
-
Jun 15 2009 @ 8:05 PM
siblings and i all have attention issues and did well.. but beca
my siblings and i all have major issues focusing and did really well in high school (valedictorians, straight A's ivy league blah blah), so ADD issues were never addressed because it has to 'interfere' for people to notice.
my brother can basically not read (can but cant sit down to do it, focus long enough). he was valedictorian and accepted to ivy league schools. i was usually so spaced out that i didnt hear/see people. still also never got a B .. and attended a top 5 university.
so no one ever really thought there were issues. the thing was, we never had to think in high school to get an A, and were never challenged enough that focusing mattered. doesnt say much about public schools, but thats another story.
i just bring this up to say that people may not be noticed as having this problem until later if the material is so easy, or is very structured for them. we both struggled in different ways in college, and eventually had to learn to deal with it in our own ways. whenever i now have a totally open ended problem (grad school) i am totally SCREWED.
-
Posted by
ADDULT
-
Jun 11 2009 @ 11:42 AM
Correction
My previous comment was intended to respond to the person who originally posted "stop drugging children!!!!", not DARTHTJK. Sorry.
-
Posted by
ADDULT
-
Jun 10 2009 @ 5:33 PM
This message is in response to DARTHTJK.
This is not an attempt to change your mind but to educate you because you are obviously narrow minded since you base your judgement on 2high school teenegers' experiences with the medications. I am also 24 years old and was diagnosed with AD/HD when I was a young child. I have been on medication since then and now I am a very successful professional adult. I have visited my doctor every three months since I was diagnosed so that he could monitor my meds and how I was doing, which your friends should have also done growing up. If your friends truly have AD/HD and were not misdiagnosed like many children were, then they shouldn't have had the effects that you claim they had. My brother also has AD/HD and was also diagnosed as a child. He nor I have ever done drugs or gotten in to any real trouble. And who are you to tell parents how to raise their children. I agree that you shouldn't medicate children to make it easier on the parent, but it is very difficult to raise a child with this disorder. You can't make someone sit still and learn something. It sounds to me like you should read up on your literature before you make a comment on a website about a disorder that you obviously know nothing about. You should also probably try to get your friends some help because they have no one but themselves to blame for the trouble they have gotten into or the drugs they are having problems with. My brother, myself, and many others I know are living proof of that. And for any parent reading this, please do not be discouraged because of this one ignorant person who has not been through what you have or are going through. I'll tell you what my mother used to tell me..."some children are the kind that only a mother can love, but other mothers have those children too and knowing that you are not alone and that other mothers understand always keeps you going"
-
Posted by
bluegrass_celt
-
May 1 2009 @ 11:20 AM
Stop Drugging Children
Most of us parents use the drugs as a last resort to benefit the well being of our children. My two daughters use medication, one is diagnosed with ADHD, the other ADD. The writer who asks to Stop drugging children, obviously doesn't realize that this does not make them high - as it may in someone without the condition. If they are not prescribed this drug to help with their concentration/ability to focus, then they will be switched on to self-medicate, and the only way to do that is to purchase illegal street drugs. No different scenario to someone with a common cold buying over the counter drugs, the difference is you cannot buy Ritalin from the shelves.
-
Posted by
meb7493
-
Mar 9 2009 @ 12:08 AM
Stop drugging children...response...knowledge is a powerful tool
Walk a mile in a parents shoe before you accuse them of drugging their children. It is respectful to have an opinion but your 24 years old with no children nor do you have ADD or ADHD. Working for a pharmaceutical company does not make you an expert on drugs. Teens are doing drugs for several reasons and ADHD is not the leading cause.
-
Posted by
ecomer
-
Feb 24 2009 @ 5:54 PM
stop drugging children!!!!
why cant you parents seek natural non drug treatment, why are you people so quick to drug your children? when they get in their teen years their trying street drugs like meth to keep them calm, trust me I know i use to work for a pharmaceutical company and I'm 24 and my friends in high school was diag. since they were 3 and 7 and look at them now! they use other drugs, ritalin is just as potent as coccaine, so why get mad when your children are out on the streets abusing drugs, you started it by drugging them at a young age.
-
Posted by
DARTHTJK
-
Oct 21 2008 @ 9:28 PM
ADHD and other side effects
Is it common that children with ADHD have other issues as well. I was told that my 8yo son also has Autistic tendencies. I wanted to know if it was normal for these children to be diagnosed with other problems/issues?
-
Posted by
cadgesend
-
Aug 9 2008 @ 5:23 PM
Maturity levels in adults with adhd
Once heard that maturity levels in those with adhd lag behind those of their peers by a few years and ultimately top off to that of a 15 year old, even through adulthood. What professionals and what studies support this claim?
|
|
|
