I am not a supporter of diagnosing children with ADHD. My son is in the third grade and he is very alert. I mean, he is active all of the time. Since the first of school this year, his teacher will write things like, "he can not control his behavior, he can not sit still, he is being disruptive". I feel like he is a boy with a lot of energy. I have read up on symptoms of ADHD, and I think that most kids would be categorized as having ADHD. I looked at this site: http://ezinearticles.com/?Diagnosing-ADHD---What-ADHD-Screening-Test-Tell-Us&id=4343328
and I do see these symptoms in my son, but I also see it in most kids. My son's school wanted me to do this questionaire to see if my son could have an attention deficite, but to me, I feel like it is the teachers that do not want to deal with the children. They want them to be on medication so that they do not have to deal with the ones that need a little more attention. My son does not make bad grades all of his work. He does struggle in some things though. I have been very shocked at a lot of the things that he is learning at such a young age though. The school thinks that he does not listen and gets distracted easily. If he wasn't listening, he couldn't tell me some of the things that he is hearing and learning. He is very smart and amazing. When I was young and in grade school, we had kids in our class that always caused problems. They were not catagorized as having ADHD. I know it was not a diagnosis back then, but the teachers dealt with them. Sometimes they had to have their desk right beside the teacher all year. My son does not need medication so he can function in school. I did not fill out the questionaire that the school wanted me to. I have observed my son and have talked with him on his behavior at school and he knows the consequences when he does not control his energy at school. I know a lot of people that has their own experience with this subject and their personal opinions. I, myself, do not agree with the way it is being abused.
I agree but disagree, just in the sense that I believe a lot of kids have ADHD, not saying your son has it. My husband has it big time but he graduated with a 4.0 in high school and right now he has a 3.9 in college. Just because a kid has ADHD doesn't mean they aren't listening it just means they have to be doing something along with listening unfortantly my husband bite's his nails and its not a bad thing but he does it until they are bloody. Right now he is reading his Physical Science I am sure absorbing all of it but I can hear him bit his nails as he does it. But I agree with you 100% I think teachers aren't patient enough to handle a child with ADHD so they complain and complain until the parent goes and gets the kid medication so they aren't so hyper. My mother-in-law told me that she tried the medication route with my husband and it turned out he actually got lower grades. So she immeditatly took him off. I wished that they could come up with another name than ADHD though just because it does kind of sound bad. How about HCS (hyper children syndrom).
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with Ashley. I work with children and most of them are the same way. Most of them are very hyper, and some of the most active kids are the smartest ones you will meet. I was never a believer in medications and am still skeptical to this day. (I also believe they are given way to frequently) However, I have worked with two children who were very hyper and they were placed on medication. I never believed it would work, but it helped both of them, it made a significant difference in one of the kids. I have seen medication that has also not been very effective. I believe it all depends on the child and the medication given to them. I am not saying your son needs medication or has ADHD either. I agree that just because he is hyper does not mean he has a problem. (All kids are hyper!) I understand what you are going through and you know your son better than any teacher will.
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