Adhd Case Study

I really admire the character of Alex because he is very courageous and intelligent. At the beginning of the book, Alex wanted to find out if the story about his uncle getting in a car accident was true or not, so he went to the auto wreckage center nearest his house to search for the car. Once he had been searching a lot for the vehicle, he ended up finding it to see it in perfect condition except for bullet holes in the windshield (p. 19). He heard people coming, so he hid inside the car. Then a big crane picked the car up and starting smashing it in a machine, with Alex still inside! After all the struggling, he managed to get out of the car just before it went through the part of the machine that totally crushes the car into a cylinder (p. 24). I felt pretty bad for Alex. It must have been hard for him to have to go through a really brutal training camp for something he didn’t even want to do, especially since he had just lost his last family member. He had no idea what was going to happen to him

Alex matures and grows through his experiences in China and is now aware of the human consequences that war has. Alex’s growth and maturity is shown when his dad is captured by PLA. Proof of this is when Alex and his dad are talking over the two way radio before Ted gets captured. He is very concerned for his Dad at this point in the book. This event is the beginning of Alex’s awakening. This event hits Alex hard and makes him realize the reality behind war. Another event that helps Alex articulate his new vision of war is when he sees Lau Xu die right in front of his eyes. He even describes the details of the shooting when he says “Crack! Lau Xu spun around, his arms flung skyward. Before he fell the AK 47 spit flame again and the burst blew Lao xu off his feet” (Bell 114). Another example of Alex’s growth leading up to his epiphany of hating war is when Xin-hua gets shot. This happens when Alex starts to beg the officer to let her go and says” Please let me talk to your commanding officer. I just want to-...CRACK. The sound of a single gunshot. I turned to look into the trees where they had taken Xin-Hua. Oh God no, I moaned. No, No ,Nooooooo!” (Bell 183). Alex is now fully aware of the horrible consequences of war after witnessing the death of his friends and his father getting

Over the past couple of decades there has been a huge increase in the diagnosis and prescriptions given out for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. According to a news report done by USA Today over the past five years use of ADHD medications have risen 40% totaling 39.5 million individual prescriptions ("New findings," 2009). When statistics like this are seen it is only normal for someone to ask questions. People are becoming curious about the legitimacy of the disorder, and whether or not the treatments being given to individuals are appropriate. The argument seems to be strong on both sides of the fence, but the extensive research done on ADHD leaves it hard for one to believe that it is a made up disorder.

The novel starts off with Alex Rider in a hospital recovering from an assassination attempt caused by the terrorist organization Scorpia. He meets a teen his age named Paul Drevin - son of Russian multibillionare Nikolei Drevin and host of the Ark Angel project - and forms an alliance with him. This action is complex because forming an alliance can be very difficult. Later, one night, a group of four men arrive in the hospital in an attempt to kidnap Paul Drevin. Alex, in an attempt to rescue Paul, pretends to be Paul himself and overpowers the four men, before eing knocked out by a fifth man. This shows how complex he is. Alex is captured by the men and taken to an abandoned apartment. The men reveal themselves to be Force Three, an eco-terrorist group led by a man named Kaspar. Alex proves that he is not Paul Drevin, but Force Three burns the tower and leaves Alex to die anyway - he escapes using a tightrope.

It is very shocking to read about the journeys he goes through, traveling all over New York, just to find his parents while taking care of his siblings. I really enjoy how the author puts tension into Alex's day-to-day struggles through chilling moral dilemmas, whether to rob the dead, who to save during a food riot and how long to preserve the hope that his parents might return. Throughout the book, it was amusing to read and notice how Alex matures as he goes through each obstacle, caring more and more for his sisters and wondering if they all will ever see their parents alive again. The journeys he goes on involve several natural disasters making the novel so astounding. Just imagine seeing volcanic eruptions and tsunamis flood all the way to New York City.

Alex and Zee wind up in solitary confinement, and even though he never though that would be possible, Alex starts to miss the safety and comfort of his old cell in the general population. “The hole” is a terrible place, and as Alex went deeper and deeper into despair, he was visited by a boy named Simon, who lives

With the diagnosis of ADHD in children becoming such a controversial subject because of the medications that doctors prescribe; parents have difficult decisions to make. My son, T.J., has had ADHD since he was five years old, and has had many trials and tribulations with the medication that his doctor placed him on to help with the issues that come from ADHD. The medication has made him very violent with his little brother, and he has had emotional episodes to the point of hospitalization and has also excelled in school because of the choice that I made to place him on the medication. For

It is estimated that ADHD effects two million children in the United States, this translates into three to five percent of all school-age children. Even more frightening, is that in some areas up to twenty percent of children have ADHD. However, these diagnoses are inconsistent. One reason for this enormous number of cases is due to the fact that there is not proper testing for ADHD before the diagnosis is completed. One family?s situation was published in an October 1998 issue of Time. The parents took their daughter, Erin

Another conservative value at work in the film can also be observed in Alex's behavior. Although the character is shown to enjoy and even fight for the new political freedom, as the movie unfolds, it becomes clear that in his actions to protect his mother. Alex is also attempting to recreate an old sentiment and create a reality that he wishes

Alex Libby finally got tired of people bugging him and pushing him around, so he decided to move schools. Once he moved to his new school, the bullying stopped. Many years after he went to the White House to have a chat with President Barack Obama. He also was able to have a chat with a beauty pageant winner. All of this happened because Alex decided to become an advocate spokesperson for the bullying cause throughout the world. People enjoyed his inspiring talks, that they made shirts that everyone wears. His act, Brought him national notoriety (Being Famous). The fame he had at school caused him to not commit suicide. Now Alex Libby is a High school Freshman with friends coming up to him and hugging him for what he did.

The main character Alex Delarge played by Malcolm McDowell is our unreliable narrator. He is a sadistic child who cries when in distress, talks in made up language and engages in acts of sex and violence. He constantly surrounds himself with his “droogs” which means friends. I found Malcolm Mcdowell's performance charming and eloquent in the way he portrays the character of Alex. Alex appreciates art and music especially beethoven appreciates beauty which juxtaposes the sadistic nature of himself.

His knowledge and determination to complete tasks allow him to succeed. His father is a childish adult and never prepares, so he relies on Alex’s knowledge most of the time. “Dad asked me to go out after dinner and do a recon of the square and draw a map [for him]. I told him I had [the map from memory” (44). Alex is a dependable information source because of his curiosity in military history and China. It is always a good quality to be dependable because it makes you appeal friendly. Xin Hua depends on Alex to bring the tapes to Canada to reveal the crime the Chinese Government has done. After multiple obstacles, suffering, and Xin Hua’s death, “Four 8mm video cassettes clattered to the tile floor [in Canada]” (189). Alex completes his goal given by Xin Hua. He is loyal to Xinhua and has determination to solve the protest in China by bringing the tapes to Canada. Determination is what makes Alex complete tasks with success. Alex accomplishes tasks and throughout the novel he is a dependable

It was tough for Alex to get through to him and it took months for him to accept the fact that he had an addiction. Lukas would scream and yell at her for hours just to give up on him, but she wouldn't. No matter how hard things got, or how hopeless it seemed, she persevered. When Lukas overdosed one night and was rushed to the hospital, he was given a very slim chance of survival. Everyone gave up on him but she wouldn't, no matter how many times they said it was hopeless. In his final moments she insisted the doctors they try to resuscitate him but they couldn't.

However, youth like Alex cannot be caught in the expected rubric of life and hence, they retaliate. Nevertheless, one cannot justify Alex’s actions worth applauding but Burgess seems to favour their actions as the only possible outlet for suppressed angst. In the first act, fourth chapter, Alex says,

Alex's world is characterized by class collectivism and dullness. For him the middle class remains behind closed doors enjoying the commodities of televised entertainment, while the working spend most of their time at work or asleep. Demarcated from the society by its own language, nadsat, the violent Modern Youth lives in a different world. Thus no accepted form of social identification exists for Alex, and life in