Note to teacher (and the world)
Dear teacher — heartfelt advice for teachers from students with learning disabilities like ADHD!
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).
Proud mom of an ADDiva-in-training
“Big victory today. My daughter, who’s ADD and also has learning disabilities (her processing speed and symbolic logic, which is used in reading, are low) was supposed to flunk last year.
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 –