You all will not believe this,
As I was eating dinner Saturday, my mom received a call from my cousin. After I heard my mother say something about medication, I decided to chime in to see what was going on. My cousin then informed me that her son was suspected to have ADHD. His teachers are requesting that he have tests done and later be put on medication if needed. She expressed to me that she did not want her son on the medication at all; even if the test results showed that he has ADHD. Her son (my younger cousin), seems to be a normal behaved young boy. I do not believe he has ADHD but we will see what the test results say.
I did not ask my cousin why she did not want her son on the medication, but I do plan to conduct an interview with her to see exactly what her reasoning is, so look forward to that post.
I just decided I would drop in to let you all know what was going on in my very own family.
Enjoy your Sunday!
Thanks,
Ashley
Part of the issue is that there is no 'blood test' to determine adhd. The Connors scale and other parent/teacher reports are typically used. There are many journal articles that you might find interesting. You could start by going to the Council for Exceptional Children website.
ReplyDeleteyes, I do feel that is an issue. I believe that is a factor that causes most parents to doubt their child may have ADHD. Some parents that I have spoken with in the past had trouble believing the teachers because they felt their observations were maybe bias or something of the sort. Since most children have a hard time focusing anyway, I bet it is hard to tell what child actually have the disorder and what child is just being a child. I will check out that website and I will also research diagnosis of ADHD. I am suddenly interested in that also.
ReplyDeleteThanks,
Ashley