Essay - Recent History Has Seen a Shift in Focus When it...

Recent history has seen a shift in focus when it comes to Attention Defic***** Disorder. Historically the ***** centered on whether it was a disorder with ***** biological base or if it was instead caused by ineffective parenting. Following many medical breakthroughs and studies it has recently become accepted as a dis*****der that h***** a ***** basis, though the exact pathway to c*****nect the dots has not yet been mapped.

With the recent acceptance of ***** disorder as one with a biological component the controversy has shifted its focus to methods of treatments. Across the nation ***** students are being treated with medications that are aimed at allowing them to improve their school performance by reducing the symptoms or the impact ***** ***** symptoms of Attention Deficit Disorder. The most commonly used treatment today for ADHD is medication. Like the controversy surrounding the disorder *****elf there has been much publicity and controversy regarding the use of stimulant medications in ***** for the purpose of ***** ***** and improving school *****.

This study proposal is aimed at ***** use of those ***** in students and their impact on school performance.

***** study proposal will include a st*****ement of the problem, a literature review, a suggested methodology ***** a conclusion.

THE IMPACT OF STIMULANT MEDICATIONS ON STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN SCHOOL

Introduction

Background of ***** Problem

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***** Review

Terms and Definitions

Methodology

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Background of Problem

Attention Deficit ***** has attracted the attention ***** the public, the media, ***** education field and the mental health industry for many years. Long ago ***** debates raged on about whether or not the ***** even existed as a true disorder or if it was ca*****d by poor parenting skills. The disorder went through many name changes over time including minimal brain damage, hyperactive and others until the current Attenti***** Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ***** finally settled on. There are three types of ADHD ***** include ***** and without hyperactivity. Educators have been challenged for ***** when it came to the educati***** of the students who were said to ***** the disorder, as the nation went back on forth about ***** to even accept its existence. Recently the medical community has shown it is a disorder with a biologic*****l basis, *****t ***** direct pathways of its foundati***** have not ***** been mapped. Attention Deficit ***** is ***** to be the ***** commonly diagnosed disorder among school children **********. The symptoms of ADHD are not only disruptive to the student affected with the *****, but in a classroom setting it can be disruptive to all the students in the area.

***** most ***** accepted treatment for ***** is the use of medication. The most commonly used medications are stimulants. Medication has been at the forefront ***** ***** when it comes to the disorder with people lining up on either side of the issue. Those who are s*****porters of the use of medication believe it is worth ***** perceived r*****ks for their children to be able