Sentences with phrase «learning disorders such»

Compounding this, children with ADHD are at greater risk of developing other mental health difficulties, particularly behaviour and learning disorders such as Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Conduct Disorder, and learning and language disorders.

Those with learning disorders such as ADHD or those who struggle with losing weight find that consuming kale can help them better manage their symptoms.

He also founded the Unicorn Children's Foundation, an organization dedicated to helping children and young adults with developmental, communication and learning disorders such as autism and ADD.

The report highlights several areas where new findings from neuroscience are becoming misinterpreted by education, including brain - related ideas regarding early educational investment, adolescent brain development and learning disorders such as dyslexia and ADHD.

Gluten free and dairy free living, more specifically, a gluten - free, casein - free diet, has shown to benefit everything from celiac patients (like me) to those affected by learning disorders such as ADD, ADHD, and is gaining recognition as an alternative treatment for autism.

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For those of you who are wondering, «being labeled» refers to having your child noted as one or more of the following things, such as: «Learning Disability,» «ADHD,» «Autism Spectrum Disorder,» or «Other Health Impairment» to name a few.

The truth is, there can be several underlying factors contributing to parental abuse including poor boundaries, substance abuse (by either a parent or child), poor coping skills, underlying psychological conditions (such as ADHD, Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder) and learned behavior.

The Research Institute supports projects dealing with essential contemporary educational issues such as attention - related disorders, trends in adolescent development and innovations in the high school curriculum, learning expectations and assessment, computers in education, the role of art in education, and new ways to identify and address different learning styles.

Studies have shown that among the many effects of physical abuse are depression, anxiety, cognitive and learning difficulties, even a lowering of IQ (especially verbal IQ), disordered sleep, flashbacks, loss of empathy, aggressive behavior, chronically high stress levels which can lead to chronic health effects such as high blood pressure and increased risk of cardiovascular disease, and inability to maintain relationships.

She educates students who have complicated learning needs due to issues such as attention deficit disorder, learning disabilities and autism.

There are many reasons for teens to underperform at school, including a lack of motivation to do well, problems at home or with peers, poor work habits or study skills, emotional and behavior problems, learning disabilities (such as dyslexia), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, mental retardation or below average intelligence and other medical problems, including anxiety and depression.

Your teen's academic downturn might have a root problem that's a bit more serious, such as a learning disorder.

Penny Williams runs the Happy Mama Retreat in North Carolina for moms whose children have neurological or developmental disorders, such as autism, anxiety or learning disabilities.

It is important to look for other disorders which may be present; such as, attention - deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), learning disabilities, mood disorders (depression, bipolar disorder) and anxiety disorders.

A sense of mastery is also very valuable to kids with diagnoses such as reactive attachment disorder, bipolar, cognitive learning disorders, and autism, says Michael Kaufmann, director of farm and wildlife at Green Chimneys, a therapeutic day school and residential treatment center in Putnam County, New York.

We provide parents and professionals with a variety of resources and trainings to help them maximize the early language learning of all children — including those with or at risk of language delays and those with developmental challenges such as Autism Spectrum Disorder.

These flame retardants have been shown to cause serious health disorders including endocrine disruption, cancer, birth defects, hormone disruption, reproductive and neurological disorders and learning disabilities such as ADHD, mental retardation, and hyperactivity.

Remember this: if someone has a disorder such as ADD, ADHD or ODD and manifests trouble dealing with educational material such as math and English, the same learning disability affects their ability to take in non-educational information such as how to accept limits read social situations and solve social problems.

If a child continues to respond poorly to treatment, then a reevaluation might be necessary to confirm the diagnosis of ADHD or look for coexisting conditions, such as oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder, anxiety, depression, and learning disabilities.

Behavioral disorders, such as anxiety, depression, attention deficit hyperactivity (ADHD), autism or pervasive developmental, academic and social developmental, physical and learning disabilities, and conduct disorders.

In addition to the new work's potential for RS, there is speculation that it could pave the way to treatments for other neurological disorders, such as learning disabilities, schizophrenia, autism and newborn encephalopathy as well as some mental retardation that has also been linked to the Mecp2 gene.

It just means this individual has an impairment to their ability due to a processing disorder, such as auditory processing or visual processing, that is detrimental to learning from traditional teaching methods.

What's more, the gene codes for a chemical receptor involved in many brain functions, such as learning and memory, so the gene might also be involved in behavioral disorders.

During the past decade we've learned a lot about the function of these newborn neurons, revealing their possible role in psychiatric and neurological diseases such as mood disorders, schizophrenia and epilepsy.

This could lead to enhance cognitive functions in patients with learning and memory disorders, such as dementia.»

Ostrander says that by identifying other dog genes for body size and for traits such as leg length and head shape, researchers may learn more about growth and its disorders — especially cancer — in humans and their best friends.

«We are working to find out how these circuits behave in anxiety disorders, so that we can hopefully learn to control fear in diseases such as PTSD,» says Li.

When a blast rattles the brain, the resulting concussion sometimes leads to unremitting psychological problems such as depression, anxiety, irritability, sleep disorders, pain, and learning and memory problems.

The discovery of a new mechanism that controls the way nerve cells in the brain communicate with each other to regulate our learning and long - term memory could have major benefits to understanding how the brain works and what goes wrong in neurodegenerative disorders such as epilepsy and dementia.

Like humans, songbirds such as zebra finches (above) can learn vocalizations, and this similarity suggests they could serve as models for research on Huntington's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders that affect speech and vocalization.

«What really drives our interest is finding out what we can extrapolate about this relationship to learn about the evolution of behavior and apply this knowledge to help ease the pain associated with such disorders as post-traumatic stress disorder.»

The victims of cerebral infarcts that lose a part of the mobility of their body undergo physiotherapy treatments, while the therapies based on the training of attention are reserved for patients with cognitive disorders such as learning or memory difficulties.

Learning more about how synapses change their connections could help scientists better understand neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism, since many of the genetic alterations linked to autism are found in genes that code for synaptic proteins.

Abnormalities in brain structure during critical periods in development have often been associated with negative outcomes, such as learning disabilities and behavioral disorders.

In particular, he focuses on what we can learn from certain neuropsychiatric disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia, that ultimately serve to dissolve our identity.

Mutations that reduce the number of transporter proteins in the brain lead to disorders such as epilepsy and learning disabilities.

Their parents reported more learning and behavioral problems, such as difficulty reading; behaviors consistent with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; breaking rules; or displaying aggression, anxiety or social withdrawal.

When controlling for other factors shown to prolong recovery time, such as a history of concussion or previous diagnosis of a learning disability, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or depression, the researchers found that athletes who delayed reporting a concussion still took an average of five more days to receive medical clearance to return to play.

These advances have provided a molecular framework for understanding some of the most devastating disorders that afflict humans as well as normal functions such as learning and memory.

«Although this is an important sequential milestone, the only milestone that matters to us is the hope that one day we will learn that this investigational new drug has positively and safely changed the life of a patient suffering from a brain disorder such as schizophrenia or Alzheimer's disease,» Warren said.

If you took high school biology in the 1990s, you probably learned about the molecular basis for human genetic disorders such as cystic fibrosis (1989), Huntingtons (1993), Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy (1987), and a rapidly growing list of single - gene disorders, and the correspondingly rapid growth in clinical diagnostic technology based on DNA sequence information, enabling certain diagnosis, sometimes before the advent of overt symptoms.

He studies rare disease mutations and common heritable traits and disorders, such as fear - learning and autism, using mouse models as well as genomic and bioinformatic approaches.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — April 29, 2012 — Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have determined how specific circuitry in the brain controls not only body movement but also motivation and learning, providing new insight into neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's disease — and psychiatric disorders such as addiction and depression.

Tyborowska hopes that it also will help scientists learn more about why people are especially prone to developing mental disorders, such as anxiety, during their teen years.

The hope is that such studies in Drosophila will one day clarify the role neurexin plays in learning and memory, ultimately leading to a better understanding of how defects in this protein can lead to human disorders such as autism, Bhat said.

GMOs have been linked to serious health challenges such as a weakened immune system, autoimmune diseases, food allergies, gastrointestinal problems, childhood learning disorders, leaky gut syndrome, autism, and cancer.

We have traded our short - term acute ills, such as ear infections, sore throats, fevers, and zits for chronic illnesses: disorders such as ADHD, autism, Alzheimer's, learning disabilities, and of course, food intolerances and allergies.

She presents a fascinating and elegant description of the foundational conditions that contribute to such disorders as ADHD, learning disabilities and autism, along with a pragmatic approach to help circumvent and stem the autism epidemic — and it all begins with the mother's gut flora.

An elimination diet can be very beneficial for a child who has eczema and other skin disorders, asthma, multiple food and environmental allergies, as well as neurologic and behavioral disorders such as sensory processing disorder, learning disabilities, ADD, ADHD, autism, migraines, and epilepsy.

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