Introduction
Identified as the most common disability in childhood and adolescence, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is characterized by developmentally inappropriate levels of inattention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity (Barkley 2014). The prevalence rates of this high-incidence and neurologically based disability range from 5% (APA 2013) to 11% (Ogg et al. 2015) with increasing rates being reported in recent years. The diagnostic criteria for ADHD involve persistent and severe difficulties in the aforementioned areas, the onset of which occurs in childhood and persists into adulthood (Steiner et al. 2011). However, variations exist with respect to the nature and severity of the difficulties experienced by young people with ADHD across developmental phases and also between sexes (Ogg et al. 2015).
Young people with...
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Didaskalou, E. (2019). Assisting Students with Attention Deficit Disorder Through Technology. In: Tatnall, A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Education and Information Technologies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60013-0_149-1
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