Reading Comprehension and ADHD Low processing speed or low working memory? Low reading comprehension and ADHD are two of the main causes of scholar failure. Although low reading comprehension is frequent among students, it is a strong problem especially when it is associated with ADHD. Children with ADHD tend to have deficits in processing speed
Reading comprehension in adolescents with ADHD: What factors mediate between ADHD and low reading comprehension? In the study of Martinussen & Mackenzie (2015), they tried to demonstrate that adolescents with ADHD are likely to score lower than their peers on standardised tests of reading comprehension. Furthermore, comparing ADHD children high and low reading comprehension; they found out that these last
Reading comprehension and ADHD Do children with ADHD have specific reading comprehension’s problems? In the study of Cain.K & Bignell.S (2014), the authors tried to find out which is the relation between inattention and hyperactivity symptoms and the level on reading comprehension. They demonstrated that attentional deficits are related to a low reading comprehension skill.
ADHD is one of the most frequent mental disorders among children and adolescents. Recently, the American Psychiatric Association has published the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, DSM-V (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). The diagnostic criteria on this manual are the most widely used among professionals in mental health all around the
Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) is a disorder characterized by a pattern of irritable, defiant, oppositional and spiteful behavior (APA, 2013). An oppositional defiant child is always angry, easily upset, often discussing and challenge authority figures, often annoys others and has a hard time recovering from an annoyance. Such behavior should accur on most days of a