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Read the Passage below. Do you agree or disagree, or can you relate to his or her opinion in the post? Can you add any thoughts or additional information that you may have found concerning their topic?
This week we are discussing how rambunctious behavior in a child differ from behavior seen in a child with ADHD. I believe that children are naturally rowdy, curious about everything, and rambunctious. They are full of energy and sometimes have trouble staying still for a moment. Playtime and nap time helps mold children and understand there is a time and place for everything. Now other kids can be overly energized, these kids could have behavior issues at school and home. My youngest sister does not have ADHD but she has an intellectual disability. I recall since she was a child that a daycare refused to allow her to return because she would not listen and was causing others to follow too. At home when we tried to teach her things such as the days of the week, she knew better or so she thought. She would throw tantrums, and even ran out of the house before only in her underwear. I think when she was young it seemed like ADHD. “Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder have ongoing problems listening to others attending to details in school work and other tasks such as chores and organizing work” (Kearney & Trull, 2018).
I believe she has a mild intellectual disorder. Intellectual disability put you at a “deficit in intellectual functions such as reasoning problem-solving planning abstract thinking judgment academic learning and learning from experience.” (Kearney & Trull, 2018).
I believe early on you can tell that a child is more than just energetic or disobedient. You can definitely notice that something is just not connecting. I do not believe it is ADHD because now she does not have that hyper behavior but she still cannot connect things or have a good understanding. For example, someone says “Hi how are you” My sister: “ I’m okay” and that’s how the conversation ends. Even if you do not care about how the other people are doing. It’s just proper to respond by asking how they are. She also almost got conned out of $10 from a gas station worker. She was going to get quarters to use a vending machine. They said they do not have the change to give her, can she just accept $10 back. She agreed. I had to return to the store to her her $10 back. She did not connect and understand that she was not spending any money there. She was simply changing the money from bills to coins.
Would you punish a misbehaving child who has a developmental disorder such as Asperger’s or autism the same as you would as a “normal” functioning child with misbehavior? As frustrating as it may be dealing with someone who has any disorder I think it would be morally wrong to punish them as you would a normal child. Because for the most part, they do not understand. I think their punishments would always stay at prek level for example: If a child with any disorder is throwing food, no matter the age they would go to bed after dinner no playtime, or no dessert for that day.
