| IntroductionIt is estimated that between
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| | uncertain career prospects. Although they
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| 1% and 6% of the adult population has AD
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| | may be intelligent and enthusiastic
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| HD. (Wender) Forty percent of children
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| | workers, they often have difficulties
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| who have AD/HD have at least one parent
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| | keeping a job. (Pary) Social skills
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| who also meets the criteria for
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| | deficits are common among this
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| diagnosis. (Zeigler) AD/HD affects up to
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| | population. AD/HD can interfere with the
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| 7.5% of school-aged children, or between
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| | ability to establish and maintain close
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| one to three students in every classroom.
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| | relationships and may contribute to an
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| (Barbaresi, et al) For various reasons,
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| | unstable home environment.Parents of a
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| AD/HD in adults often goes undiagnosed.
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| | child who has AD/HD are three times as
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| Thus, these parents are trying to carry
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| | likely to separate or divorce as parents
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| out adult responsibilities without the
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| | of non-AD/HD children. (Barkley 1995)
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| benefit of appropriate treatment for
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| | Simply put, the parent may not have the
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| their own AD/HD. Undiagnosed AD/HD in
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| | emotional tools needed to effectively
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| parents affects the entire family. These
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| | support the special needs of the AD/HD
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| adults typically exhibit emotional
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| | child. Parents who do not have AD/HD
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| labiality and tend to have higher rates
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| | report that these children are often far
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| of depression, substance abuse disorders,
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| | more challenging to parent than their
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| and other co-morbidities.Adults with AD
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| | non-AD/HD siblings. The adult with AD/HD
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| HD are less likely to graduate from
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| | faces the already formidable task of
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| college and even less likely to obtain
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| | raising a difficult child while at the
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| advanced educational degrees. Like most
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| | same time trying to cope as best they can
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| adults with AD/HD, these parents face
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| | with their own AD/HD.
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