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It is a difficult task ahead to teach a child with Attention Deficit Disorder. Many schools have identified the problem and addressed the issue because substantial developments have been made to recognize the problem. But still there are some schools that lag behind in their systematic arrangements and cannot always answer individual needs.

The way ADD influences a classroom has been seen even before any diagnosis is done. It may be observed in the boy following boisterously his classmates to snatch their books, or in the small girl sitting in the corner and playing with her hair, her mind on the outside view. It is usually the teacher who first recognizes that her student is having problem attending to the class or active more than what is acceptable. But identifying the problem is just merely the first step, and the most difficult part is changing the inattentive or hyperactive attitude.

The treatment of the disorder starts when everyone acknowledges it and a diagnosis is has been carried out. It is important to decide whether medicine is required, since that would determine the course of the treatment. There are a number of schools, which quite inhumanly emphasize that the child suffering from ADD be given medicines. Some schools, though, take a patient stance and comply with the wishes of the child's parents".

Whether your child is better able to cope with the situation will be determined by the kind of school he is in. In an ideal situation, your child should attend a school that understands the effectiveness of working together as a team by taking stock of your circumstances and respecting your decisions, to lead your child to the achieve the best that he or she could do. Regrettably some schools lack this open-minded vision. Communities that are small and places that are poor compared to other districts have this habit of being too much conservative and are not open to cater to children who have special needs or specific situations. If your child is admitted to a school of the first kind, then you can relax happily, but if it is of the latter type, then be warned that you will have quite a handful of issues to reckon with!

ADD makes children hard to instruct, they are generally chaotic and very difficult to control. For these reasons many school refuse to accommodate such unruly children. Nonetheless, you make sure that your child is not given secondary treatment under any circumstances.

There are certain schools who will very promptly strive to put the child with the disorder in corrective classes, even if the child's level of intelligence does not allow that measure. In many cases, this step is taken not to take away the time of the class schedule and disturb the other kids, but you will surely not like your child to be compartmentalized in a bad light that has no foundation.

Remember finally that you are the child's parents and should be there always for him or her. If any decision taken by the class teacher or principal goes against the well-being of your child, you should always discuss it with them and come to a better plan that would ensure the best for your child.

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My little brother has ADHD and a string of other mental issues. In kindergarten, he was put in a regular school and less than a month later (I think it was 3 weeks), the teachers at the school were refusing to teach my brother if my mother did not get him some help. Living with my brother, I understood them completely. Being in a city, and not a small town, there is a school for young autistic children available within the city.

After my brother started attending the school for autistic children (half the day in regular kindergarten, half the day in the special school), the kindergarten teachers were then able to handle him. My brother was also on less than the minimum dose for his medication twice a day. I do not know the name of the medication he takes.

In the present day, my brother takes the same dosage, but once a day, and only if he is having an episode. The frequency is something along the lines of 4 to 5 days a week.

An "episode" for my brother is a point at which he can't stop repeating a word, and starts screaming it uncontrollably and he rocks back and forth. He is unresponsive to outside stimuli at this point. It's not any word in particular and it always varies.

After my brother is given the medication, he is able to control himself and respond to his surroundings. The special school has taught my mother several techniques to help my brother calm himself. I believe he can carry out the exercises himself now from time to time, without help from my mother. He is now 6 years old.

My brother is entering grade 1 in the fall and the special school is unable to help my brother any further. Fortunately, there are specialists within the city that will visit my brother for a few hours a day, frequently. The specialists are educated in dealing with autistic children.

I don't know how effective the specialists are, but I believe some of these specialists work at the special school my brother had attended, and the people at that school worked wonders for my brother.

I know that if my brother did not have all of the treatment and behavioral coaching that he had received by specialists, he would not currently be in school. Teachers were refusing to teach him in kindergarten, and the level of disturbance my brother would cause was impeding severely on the other children. The disturbances included fights as well, and this is kindergarten...the beginning.

Teachers in regular schools are trained to teach, and to a smaller extent, they are trained on how to handle the children in the classrooms. However, with behavior such as my brother's, regular schools do not have the resources that are required to handle children like him.

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I can understand that some kids need the assistance of others and sometimes medication. I think it is good that we have this resource in place in a lot of the schools around the nation to assist these kids.

What I do not agree with is a lot of teachers wanting the students they are teaching on meds designed for ADHD kids. The more I hear about some elementary schools trying to label a majority of kids as ADHD or something similar to that is heartbreaking. I think some teachers do not want to teach and capture their students attention. They want medicated Zombies in the school and load them with homework so they can just collect a pay check. Thankfully not all teachers are this way and I hope those that are are soon out of a job.

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And it's a damned good thing teachers don't get to make the call. My brother is very zombie-like on his medication. That's why my mom makes him take as little as necessary.