There is not much support because no one ( at least not me) thinks that ADHD is solely an environmental condition.

My protest is that there is an inflation in the diagnosis of ADHD and every tiny problem with kids falls easily into that category.

There is ADD, there is ADHD but most of it is low emotional intelligence. Children (and adults) with high EQ are never considered ADD or ADHD, suddenly you call them active, creative - same kids just using different eyes to diagnose them.

I use the information on 25 years of special education experience and years of diagnosing kids and I don't think that it was pure luck that the second they see me, they become calmer, creative and focused. I don't have magic touch, I learned it from my teachers. I had inspiring teachers that for 4 years of my degree showcased hundreds of kids that were misdiagnosed with ADD, ADHD or just hyperactive and they were just kinesthetic kids that think while in movement.

I do recommend you reading the ADHD fraud book which gives one, just one explanation ( with lots of back up)to why you think there is an increasing scientific explanation of ADHD.
Go to this site:
http://www.parental-intelligence.com/
on the left hand side on the side banner, you can find a free ebook called The ADHD fraud.

Sit while reading. I can back up lots of what Fred Baughman says. It is scary.

Happy parenting
ronit

Particularly, given the ever-increasing, and scientific, body of research explaining ADHD to be predominately inherited or in-utero originated.

It is important that clear and supportable information be available to those impacted by ADHD. How do you explain your positions and on what bodies of evidence do you use to site them?

I am sorry you could not take anything from this information here that was useful for you.

I know there are some theories that shows different brain scans however, did you know that very active 100 year old people show a brain scan of a 50 year old?

Brain is something that changes with food, chemical exposure and thinking.

No one disagrees that the behavioural is not chemical. I think it is important to understand that they are highly connected.

food causes a chemical reaction.
Drugs causes a chemical reaction.
Thoughts create a chemical reaction.

If you think that ADD or ADHD is a dysfunction of the brain and there is nothing you can do about it. I guess you are lucky your husband and daughter were not diagnosed with something worst.

On the article, I wrote about 4 causes of ADHD.
in the following article I wrote about other causes.
The "Learned" cause, as much as you do not like the idea is one of the causes.
I learned over the years and working with lots of kids with difficulties that hiding this option as cause from parents is not doing them a favour.

The causes were meant to help you find strength and motivation to examine causes and eliminate the ones that are not relevant and support your kids. They were not meant to blame you. Blame puts you in a place when your support is limited.

Enjoy your parenting
Ronit

ADD/ADHD is as much a behavioral disorder as it is a chemical imbalance in the brain. We do many things in our house like eating gluten-free, organic, and medications only in the case of extreme need. With or without these modifications my husband and daughter's brain scans still show different than others.

I am a strong, confident, educated, parent that does whatever is needed to raise healthy, creative, well behaved children.

Thanks for the comment.
Ronit