[senco-forum] ADHD

Horses and water - you can always put salt in the feed.

Philip EP
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Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 2:28 PM
Subject: Re: [senco-forum] ADHD

>
> "We also  have to accept that not all children with challenging behaviours
> have ADHD  and work with their psychologists, psychiatrists and other
> specialists to  find the way to help them to change, because change can
> only take place  when the child is motivated and accepts that they have
> certain  responsibilities.  Horses and water come to  mind..."
>
>
>
>
> To my mind that would depend on their having been fully assessed for other
> learning difficulties...that would be my first port of call before seeking
an
> ADHD diagnoisis...all too easy to blame the child. I read someewhere that
80%
> of  inmates at penal institutions have reading difficulties at the very
least,
> and  many were often not diagnosed with anything.
>
> Perhaps change in the child is not always what's needed, but in people's
> attitude to the child, leading to accurate diagnosis and the right sort of
> support, as even a seemingly minor learning difficulty can be the tip of
the
> iceberg and have a major impact on a child, -educationally, socially and
on  their
> self-esteem.
>
> It is hard enough for eloquent parents with high qualifications and
> intelligenced to get the right help for a child, imagine how hard it is
for a  parent
> with less than adequate advocacy skills to take on the system,
specially  -as
> is often the case- these are inherited difficulties; also for the child
with
> parents who do not even realise their child has any problems and would nto
> even  think to push for the diagnosis they need. Even the best parents
will
> often  accept what the schools say about their child even if the child
tells them
> different. And there are some parents who just don't care enough.
>
> Often schools see behavioural issues as just that, a child is branded a
> troublemaker even at infant level and that label follows them and no more
is  ever
> done; the child becomes a defiant teen, acting up to the name they have
been
> given as fighting it hadsn't helped.
>
> The rest is history and another life down the toilet....all for the sake
of
> looking a little further.
>
>
>
> Best wishes,
> Aly
>
> Chair Auditory  Processing Disorder in the UK/APDUK
> www.lacewingmultimedia.com/APD.htm
> www.apduk.org
>
>
>
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