Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and attention deficit disorder (ADD) refer to a range of problem behaviours associated with poor attention span. Research which was reported at the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in Liverpool, showed that even now, many years after the acceptance of ADHD as a real problem that can affect many children, the majority of teachers have little understanding of the genetic origins of ADHD, with only about 7 per cent agreeing that it was a genetic disorder.
Furthermore, the vast majority of teachers still have only limited training in dealing with ADHD. And indeed while it is one thing to provide support for ADHD students within the special needs environment in the school it is another to raise general teacher awareness about ADHD and to provide the resources necessary to help teachers to do something about it.
ADHD, as a genetic disorder (like dyslexia or dyscalculia), cannot be “cured” but one can foster ways of overcoming the problem. The issue of medication will remain one for the parents and doctors, but ADHD pupils can be helped enormously through multi-sensory teaching approaches.
What’s more, these teaching approaches can be used not just in special needs classes, but as a way of engaging with the young people in all lessons in the school.
The book, ADD: Practical Activities in School, comes in photocopiable form or as a CD so that you can share it with colleagues in the school (it can be put on the school’s learning platform so all can access it). It goes into details as to what ADD is and how it can be recognised, through daily work with ADD children and the specific issues that relate to ADD from impulsiveness to homework, from rewards to specific activities such as sport and the arts.
ISBN: 978 1 86083 145 4; Publisher reference no T995EMN
Sample pages can be viewed at http://pdf.firstandbest.co.uk/attentiondeficit/T995.pdf
Prices
Photocopiable report in a ring binder, £15.95. plus £3.95 delivery
CD with school-wide rights: £15.95 plus £3.95 delivery
Both the Ring Binder and the CD £22.94 plus £3.95 deliveryPrices include VAT.
You can purchase the book…
By post to First and Best, Hamilton House, Earlstrees Ct., Earlstrees Way, Corby, NN17 4HH
By fax to 01536 399 012
By phone with a school order number on 01536 399 011
On line with a credit card at http://shop.firstandbest.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=24&products_id=125
