| Educating a child with Attention Deficit
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| | and shares a team frame of mind, to
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| Disorder may not be an easy process.
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| | ensure your child reaches their
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| Although great strides have been made in
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| | potential. Unfortunately, some schools do
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| recognizing the disorder and many school
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| | not share in this openness. Smaller
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| systems have answered the call, many are
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| | communities or poorer districts tend to
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| still antiquated in their procedural
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| | be less accommodating to special needs
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| methods as well as catering to specific
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| | children or unique circumstances.
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| circumstances.
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| | Hopefully, you will be blessed with the
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| How ADD affects a classroom is usually
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| | first school; if you have the second, you
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| seen before diagnosis takes place. It may
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| | may have a fight on your hands!
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| be seen in the little girl in the corner,
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| | A child with ADD can be disruptive,
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| twirling her hair as she looks out the
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| | difficult to teach, and at times,
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| window, or the boy running around the
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| | impossible to control. It is for this
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| other students snatching books out of
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| | reason many schools are not cooperative.
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| their hands. In many cases, it is the
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| | However, you have to be careful that your
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| teacher that first recognizes an issue
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| | child is not treated substandardly.
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| with inattentiveness and/or
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| | Some schools will immediately attempt to
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| hyperactivity. Seeing the problem is
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| | put a child with ADD in remedial classes,
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| usually considerably easier than
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| | although their intelligence level would
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| correcting it.
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| | not constitute such a decision. In many
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| Once the situation is brought to
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| | situations, this is done to prevent any
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| everyone's attention and diagnosis is
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| | additional time being taken away form the
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| made, treatment begins. Whether the child
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| | regular classroom; however, you do not
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| is medicated becomes a major aspect of
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| | want your child to be categorized in
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| how the next steps will go. Some schools
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| | negative manner which is not founded.
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| insist that children with ADD be
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| | The most important thing to keep in mind
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| medicated, almost to the point of
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| | is that you there for your child and for
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| tyranny. Other schools, however, are more
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| | their well-being. If you do not agree
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| open to parents' wishes.
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| | with a decision being made, you should
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| The school your child is in will either
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| | discuss your feelings with your child's
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| make this an easy road or a difficult
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| | teacher or principle to ensure the best
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| one. Ideally, your child will be in a
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| | plan possible in initiated for your
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| school that is understanding to your
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| | child.
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| circumstances, respects your decisions,
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