ADHD: Huge Impact On Preschoolers
The study included 93 children -- 45 children with ADHD and 48 without the condition, aged between 4-5 years, nearly all had attended or were currently enrolled in preschool and some were enrolled in kindergarten. Not only this, but the research also disclosed that 79 percent of the children with ADHD had impaired school readiness compared with 13 percent of children in the control group.
The research was conducted in conjunction with few tests and administered parent questionnaires. The researchers laid focus on five areas of the children's functioning: physical well-being and motor development; social and emotional development; approaches to learning; language development; and cognition and general knowledge.
Irene Loe, Assistant Professor at Stanford University, exhibited concerns over the prodigious numbers of kids within the ADHD group who were not school-ready. He also stated that special attentions are drawn on students when they start facing a lot of problems in the school setting.
According to the study, kids with ADHD are 73 times more likely to be impaired in approaches to learning. Moreover, more than seven times as likely to have impaired social and emotional development; six times as likely to have impaired language development; and three times as likely to have impaired physical well-being and motor development. The kids with ADHD were not more likely to show impairment in the area of cognition, general knowledge and they also struggle in all the four quadrants measured.
The study also suggests that the identification of ADHD with significant levels could reduce their struggles in elementary schools.
