CDIS 402: Disability Portfolio

Cognitive
Disability
profile:
ADHD

Impact
on oral
and
written
language
develop
ment:

Forgetful,
easily
distracted,
poor
organization,
dont think
things
through, lose
things often;
hyperfocus
focus on what
they have to
focus on
They can
forget what
they were
trying to saw
or write; dont
always focus
on the right
things/major
ideas

Successes and Challenges to Language DevelopmentFall 2015

Communicatio
n
Linguistic
Often
interrupt/speak
out of turn,
blurt out
information in
class; Talk too
much; Have
difficulty
staying on a
topic

Social/
Emotional

Physical

Emotional/beh
avior disorder;
Lack pragmatic
skills (prosody
changes, body
language,
etc.,); strained
and/or onesided
relationships

Might be
caused from
pre or
perinatal
factors (dietary
factors, lead,
pollutants,
etc.,);
hyperactiveimpulsive,
inattentive, &
combined;
often fidget
Pragmatic skills Act out which
Run around
need work
can make repel and climb on
which can
peers; Have
things when
interfere with
troubles with
they arent
oral
body language supposed to
communication, changes (dont
often get
notice
distracted and
emotions)
lose thoughts
while writing

Sensory
Makes it difficult to
focus on what needs to
be focused on
(hyperfocus); lower
scores on visual-motor
integration test

Listening ears are

often turned off;
cannot always focus on
what someone is trying
to say to them

Factors within the student related to functioning

My big ideas from the readings:
From the readings, I learned a lot more about ADHD and language impairments. It is very common for
children to have both ADHD and a language impairment, which makes sense due to their similar deficits.

CDIS 402: Disability Portfolio

Successes and Challenges to Language DevelopmentFall 2015

ADHD is known as the most frequent psychiatric diagnosis among children with language impairment at
45%.
My big ideas from the group presentation:
Children with ADHD will forget things easily, lack pragmatic skills, have poor organization, lose things often, and have difficulty
focusing. They also often do not understand the big picture or when things are right and wrong. Although the cause of ADHD is
unknown, it may be caused from pre or peri natal factors such as dietary factors, lead, pollutants, etc., They often cannot focus on
what someone is trying to say to them.

Reflection (What does this mean for my practice?):]

When working with kids who have ADHD, it is important that I be patient and repeat myself as often as
necessary. I need to remember not to get frustrated with the way they might act as they may not be able
to control it. Pragmatics will be the most important thing to work on in therapy.