Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Reminder that here you will write as if to a high school sophomore, i.e., they understand large words and important ideas, but they have not yet been to grad school or even college.
1. What are the key things -the concepts, otherwise thought of as “nouns” in this week’s Notes? (e.g., psychotropic medications would be one such thing). Mention five such things.
2. What are either the faculty’s – or better yet, the field’s – principles, as faculty has conveyed in the Notes (e.g. psychotropic medications can be a good thing and they can be a very bad thing – they are a mixed bag). Mention five such principles.
3. What assumptions do you see between the lines, that the Notes not directly conveyed, but that you suspect lurk in the shadows of the material, whether for good or bad (shadows are not necessarily bad). Mention five such between-the-line possible assumptions.
4. What do you not understand, whether due to lack of time on your part, or because it feels like it’s a mountain of material that you’ve only gotten a through just a bit thus far, or because it feels too complex? Mention at least three things that you don’t, as yet, understand.
5. Search for two references that speak directly to at least two concepts entailed in this week’s Notes. Search for these by utilizing the University’s electronic library databases (ERIC; Dissertations and Theses (PQDT); APA’s What assumptions do you see between the lines, that the Notes not directly conveyed, but that you suspect lurk in the shadows of the material, whether for good or bad; APA’s PsycBooks; and/or APA PsycInfo), cite each one, provide the link for it, and in a sentence or two, summarize it as if you were explaining it to a high school sophomore.
