ADHD In Children

Provisional title of proposed study (see Guidance Notes)

A review of how do children with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) integrate into the society?

1. What is the aim of your study? What are the objectives for your study? (see Guidance Notes)

This literature review proposal is on ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) in children. It is aimed at focussing on children with ADHD and integrating them in society. According to studies on ADHD in children, people often misunderstood these children as trouble makers and undisciplined (Holmes et al., 2010). The people who end up being blamed are their parents or guardians. Hence parents or guardians avoid taking their children to public places to avoid embarrassment.

Regarding the identified primary aim of this literature review, there are certain objectives set towards achieving it such as

1. Define ADHD and identify signs and symptoms of ADHD

2. To distinguish facts from myths that people assume to know

3. To establish ages of children prone to ADHD

4. To identify the most appropriate solution to children with ADHD

5. To establish best parenting practices in integrating ADHD children in society

2. Explain the rationale for the study (refer to relevant research literature in your response) (see Guidance Notes)

This literature review on ADHD in children is aimed at creating awareness and understanding about ADHD for purposes of finding creative solutions before severity is reached. Schwarz & Cohen (2013) argue that people have often misunderstood some children to be trouble makers and undisciplined (Schwarz & Cohen, 2013). The people who end up being blamed for such characters are the parents and guardians. Asherson et al (2012) shift the blame to parents for being reluctant to take their children with ADHD to social or public places to avoid embarrassment (Asherson et al., 2012). Holmes et al (2010) supports Asherson et al (2012) notion of non-parental support by arguing that parents fear their children not listening of following instructions (Holmes et al., 2010). More boys than girls in the U.S are explained to express signs of ADHD through hyperactivity but it could be manifested in girls in other characteristics (Schwarz & Cohen, 2013). As a way of coping with children with ADHD, parents have often separated their children from the society by confining them at their respective homes such as home-schooling (Visser et al., 2010). The caregiver and the society have also developed ways of coping with such children. As a result, Zwi et al (2011) suggests isolation of ADHD children from the rest of the children in a bid of offering special treatment to them such as separate learning sessions (Zwi et al., 2011). Limited distraction is another way of coping with children with ADHD to minimize impulse behaviour among the children. Therefore, this background information on the misunderstandings and misinformation on ADHD requires a positive review of relevant literature in which this paper seeks to achieve.