The Center for Disease Control, uses their website to establish that there are several solutions to help treat patients who have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The purpose is to convey the idea that, parents can try out new recommendations in order to help their child get adjusted to some sort of effective treatment. The website adopts a technical tone in order to suggest better outcomes and methods to further help educate families about how to treat children who have ADHD. To persuade the reader, they apply mostly logos, ethos and pathos. The CDC website has informative tabs that list and explain causes, symptoms, treatments, facts and statistics about ADHD, which supports the website. The CDC explains on the data and …show more content…
Since the CDC is a well known government funded organization, parents and others find this website legitimate enough to do some deep research related on ADHD to get positive feedback. On the treatment tab, there is a section called Parent Education and Support which, offers a way to better educate parents about how to get closer to their children who have ADHD. This is to broaden parent’s choices and uses authority to state “Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD) offers a unique educational program to help parents and individuals with ADHD navigate the challenges of ADHD across the lifespan” (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, 2015). CHADD is to be used in order to bring together families who are currently trying to help their children who have this disorder. Finally, the website appeals to the emotions of the audience by using “Real Stories from People living with an Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder” found in the CDC My Story tab. There you find a personal story about Sara, shared by her mother April. Sara has ADHD and her mother did a report about their experiences when they participated in the ADHD Play interview. The purpose of the interview was to bring together yearly results impacting her