Friday, May 24, 2013
Week 3: Research that Benefits Children and Families
This is hard to choose. Two tough choices and I think I'll do both! Option number one: a positive example of research on children and families. One thing I see that research has aided in is children with ADD/ADHD. They have come out with medications that help these children. I do now that it is a tough decision for parents to put their child on medication, but when teachers and doctors bring in all the research that has been done and the positive has came out of the medication, this helps the parent make a decision. I have also heard that Diet Mt. Dew can help children with ADD or ADHD and this is one thing I'd like to research more into also. Now one thing that I would love to research is the causes of Autism! There are so many children born with autism with no known reason why. Also with down syndrome, I know that just has to do with a gene or chromosone or something but I just wonder and would love to research what causes this and how to prevent it. I also know a family who had a set of twins they are 18 now and the girl has never had use of her legs, shes been on crutches her whole life. They just recently started giving her botox shots. I would also love to see some research on this. Why are her legs unable to be used and how could this have been prevented and what can make it better? There are some amazing things that could be researched in early childhood. I know that parents still love their children the same no matter if they have ADD, ADHD, Autism, down syndrome or any other disability, but I also know that if some of these things could be prevented it would save a lot of stress!
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Shanda,
ReplyDeleteYou have some great ideas on different topics you want to research. The concept of Mt. Dew for ADHD is new to me and one that I have not heard of before. I know someone said coke calms down a child with ADHD also. I believe that it is a hard decision to put children on medication but if they need it, than a parent is hurting the child for not helping them. Great Post!
Yvette
Hi Shanda, you have chosen an interesting topic. Also, this is a topic I need to be more educated on . However, I enjoyed reading your post. Rommelsse et al., (2007) postulates that children with attention-deficit/hyperactive disorder (ADHD) are extremely active and have difficulty controlling their movements, attention, and impulses. Presently, I have a Grade 2 student who was diagnosed with ADHD. Whenever he acts up, we refer him to the counselor, since she has formal training in that area. What we have observed, is that he has difficulty sitting for long periods. attending to his learning task, as well as following the rules for quietness and impulse control.
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Shanda,
ReplyDeleteGreat ideas about topics of choice in researching further! I also wonder how so many children are born with autism? It was never heard of among my people, but just lately there were a set of twins born that have autism. The elders are baffled with what the causes are and no one really has answers as I understand. I know more research on this is needed to answer a lot of questions everyone has. I also never heard of Diet Mt. Dew helping in calming ADHD. Years ago, one of son's friend use to drink Mt.Dew claiming that the effects of it made him hyper and he could play and win more video games with it. Thinking of it now, I am wondering if this has ever been researched? Good post.