'Sadly, the real world is not a friendly place for children with problems like ADHD. There are too many people who refuse to believe it exists, choosing instead to blame parents and kids for its symptoms.'
is treatable. Behavioral therapy, medications and a highly structured home environment almost always help ADHD kids. Immediately after he started medication, T.K. slowed down enough to hear the teacher and begin to learn. Behavioral therapy helped him manage the hitting and verbal blurting. At home, positive discipline based on systemized behavior charts and earned rewards reinforced appropriate conduct.
The happy, helpful, engaging child I always knew was there emerged for the rest of the world to see. His friends’ parents loved having him over because he was so well mannered. He was generous and kind with his younger brother, sharing his toys, teaching him games, making him laugh. His teachers loved him. If a classmate fell on the playground, he’d be the first one — often the only one — to rush over and comfort his friend.
From there, things went downhill fast. We’d stay up until 11 to prepare for a quiz until he knew the material down cold. But most of his teachers were unwilling to modify test-taking procedures: T.K. went blank on paper and brought home F’s and D’s. They didn’t provide assignments in writing: T.K. wrote the instructions incorrectly, turned in the wrong work. He forgot to bring home his books. He got distracted by the Pokemon figures in his locker and showed up late for class.
Then the phone calls from the school officials started. T.K. had told other kids to “shut up” in class. He couldn’t pay attention; his answers and comments began to make less sense. He flew into a rage when the geography teacher handed him a hefty assignment, slamming it down on her desk. Halfway through a particularly difficult science test, he left the room, punched his locker with his fist and banged his head on the wall.
I wonder what will happen in Colorado, where the state’s school board recently told teachers not to recommend medical treatment for ADHD, and to employ “discipline” in the classroom instead. These teachers are going to get frustrated and angry, too, because that approach is not going to work.
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