As promised, I have done my best to locate an article for parents about the effects of Ritalin on their children. There are many articles out there in the University of Cincinnati databases, but I wanted to provide parents with something that is fairly easy to understand and quick to read. The link that I am posting may be a little lengthy, but the words are fairly large and the information is presented in a question and answer form.
After I read through this article, I had to post it for everyone to see. You will learn about Ritalin and its effect on children who take it, but you will learn so much more. This article breaks everything down and I think its a must have resource. You will notice that this is in PDF form. I encourage parents and families to print it off and keep it. This will answer just about every question that you have. You will even be able to help others out who seek these answers.
http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/detail?accno=ED385080
instructions on opening link above:
Highlight the link, press ctrl and right click the link.
When the options menu come up click open link
When the link is opened you will need to click view full PDF document
I hope you enjoy
Ashley
That's very interesting. I'm assuming that the teachers gave some type of reasoning why they believe the child has ADHD, because if they didn't that would be very unprofessional. And hopefully she did not say that based off of personal opinion because again that would be very unprofessional. But if it turns out he does have ADHD why would she not want to address it. That may be beneficial for him in his schooling future.
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ReplyDeleteI think her biggest issue is believing that there is nothing wrong with him. I think she doubts that fact that he may have ADHD. I have not had that interview with her yet, but I also wonder the same things that you asked. We shall both see her reasoning soon.
Another important view, besides a parent's understanding of ADD is a teacher's understanding of ADD. I found a very interesting powerpoint that explores the issue of ADD and ritalin in the classroom. The powerpoint defines what ADD is for a teacher and what are the sympotoms of ADD.It explores the issue of how to face ADD in the classroom for teachers and lists techniques and teahttp://www.slideshare.net/Justinlapeare/attention-deficit-disorder-and-ritalin-in-the-classroomching strategies for teachers to use in the classroom.
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