Behavioural Disorders - ADD ADHD
Attention deficit disorder (ADD) is one of the most challenging and controversial areas of special education facing teachers in UK schools today.
Parents of ADD children live in chaos; they have to supervise and cope with unrealistic limits, often with little or no support, leading to stress and frustration in the family.
Parents and teachers may assume the child is lazy...
ADD/ADHD case histories
With thanks to Fintan J O’Regan, international expert in ADD/ADHD.
It is obviously difficult to assess the time and costs to support children with...
Educational support such as special help from a trained teacher outside the child’s class plus extra help within the class can enable a child to remain in mainstream school.
Sometimes...
Behavioural emotional and social difficulties (BESD) describes a wide range of conditions including: withdrawn, depressive or suicidal attitudes; an obsessive preoccupation...
Obsessional, aggressive, defiant the characteristics of a typical teenager, or cause for concern and alarm?
How do you spot the difference between a child who is 'pushing the boundaries'...
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