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