[senco-forum] ADHD

Thank you, Philip; this made me smile, at the end of an all too short
half-term break.  Now I just have to think about the salt to put in the
feed.

Regards

Jean

 Horses and water - you can always put salt in the feed.
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> Philip EP
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> Subject: Re: [senco-forum] ADHD
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>>
>> "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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>>
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