Does NC really have more ADHD than any other state?
at the 2012 CHADD conference in San Francisco, Dr. Hinshaw told an rapt audience that his UC-Berkley psychology lab showed that the highest prevalence of ADHD among children was found in states that had implemented achievement-based testing for promotion from one grade to another. In other words, when children were required to pass a state-mandated test to go to the next grade level, more ADHD was discovered (as the likely culprit for failure).
Talking to teachers about ADHD vs behavior issues
I recently came across a post on an adult ADHD site from the mother of a teenage son with ADHD. The school had enrolled him in a behavior class because the school didn’t see ADHD as a learning disability, but as a behavior problem.
Ack! Here’s my response:
“ADHD is NOT a behavior issue, although it can manifest outwardly in some rather annoying ways. Like interrupting a conversation because your ADD brain wanders onto a more interesting topic. Or making paper airplanes during class because the teacher is boring. And ADD brains get bored easily –