Attention and
Hyperactivity (ADHD)
ADHD is one of the most common mental disorders affecting children and for some it lasts across their entire lifespan. Some characteristics include: Inattention, inability to sustain focus, hyperactivity, excess movement, impulsivity, and not thinking through situations sufficiently.
Do You or Your Child Struggle With:
Our Unique Evaluation Approach
- Focuses on the Developmental Pathways® needed for effective attention
- Utilizes the Posner model of attention, from registration to pre-frontal cortex processing
- Assesses the impact of executive functions on attention
- Considers the role of timing in visual and auditory attention
- Differentiates between attention initiation and sustained attention
- Examines the overlap between Dyspraxia and attention disorders
- Evaluates impulsivity and delayed gratification as timing-related issues
- Combination of OT and SLP
- Across the lifespan, from children to adults
Our Unique Program
- Focuses on 7 developmental layers of attention
- From information registration to pre-frontal cortex analysis
- Views impulsivity as an outcome of faulty “wiring,” not just behavior
- Addresses inattention as a challenge in information registration
- Considers hyperactivity as a coping mechanism that comes at a high cost
- Aims to re-organize, not just accommodate, developing brain structures
- Tackles the stress and anxiety of underutilized cognitive potential
- Offers an intensive therapy program that targets neural plasticity
- Both center-based and home-based programs available
- Combination of OT and SLP
- Across the lifespan, from children to adults
It is never too late for the neural plasticity capacity of the brain to adapt to change. All behavior has a reason. That reason forms the hope of change, the hope of self-awareness and self-actualization!
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Testimonials
Grateful mom
Thank you for calling me to discuss our son’s progress. I was so happy to share it with you. We are so happy with how well he is doing and I thank you and everyone there again for the hard work with him this past summer.
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Angela,
Thank you for calling me to discuss our son’s progress. I was so happy to share it with you. We are so happy with how well he is doing and I thank you and everyone there again for the hard work with him this past summer. It is amazing to watch him continue to blossom and grow. He is running cross country, went to homecoming, and he is doing well in school without having to take any medication!
Again, I thank you and your staff for all of your help with our son. I thank you for caring about him and understanding how much we love him.
Sincerely,
Grateful mom
Inattention Symptoms
- Frequently overlooks details or makes careless mistakes in work or activities
- Struggles to maintain focus on tasks or play
- Often seems not to listen when spoken to directly
- Regularly fails to follow through on instructions or complete tasks
- Has difficulty organizing tasks and activities
- Tends to avoid or feel reluctant about tasks requiring sustained mental effort
- Frequently loses items needed for tasks or activities
- Easily distracted by external stimuli
- Often forgets daily responsibilities
Hyperactivity Symptoms:
- Frequently fidgets or squirms in seat
- Often leaves seat in situations when staying seated is expected
- Runs or climbs excessively in inappropriate situations
- Struggles to play or relax quietly
- Constantly “on the go,” as if driven by a motor
- Talks excessively
Impulsivity Symptoms:
- Frequently blurts out answers before questions are finished
- Has difficulty waiting for a turn
- Often interrupts or intrudes on others
- Struggles to follow instructions
- Tends to rush through activities
- Exhibits reduced awareness of safety
- Struggles with decision-making
Executive Functions:
- Involves skills like impulse control, strategic planning, cognitive flexibility, and goal-oriented behavior
- Common in individuals with ADHD, but can also appear in other childhood disorders
- Often linked to lower academic achievement
- Typically emerges early in children with ADHD and can persist into adolescence and adulthood
Concentration Deficit Disorder (CDD) / Sluggish Cognitive Tempo (SCT):
- Impaired attention in individuals who appear hypoactive
- Typically starts in childhood
- Symptoms include daydreaming, sleepiness, staring, mental fog, slow movement, lethargy, and passivity
- Currently a research concept, with roots dating back to 1798
- Linked to social withdrawal and internalized symptoms like anxiety and depression
- Distinct from ADHD, though symptoms may overlap