Sixteen-year-old Maria likes to imagine the human brain as a busy road network, full of traffic and intersections. For most of us, our thought-cars tend to adhere to the traffic lights and road signs that keep the traffic organised. But, Maria says, "ADHD brains" like hers don't have that.
"A huge wave of relief came over me. I wasn't crazy. There was nothing wrong with me. I wasn't broken," she said.But communicating this with her teachers became a daily struggle. Maria now carries a note with the signatures of her doctor and two school officials to prove her diagnosis to new teachers.ADHD affects one in 20 Australian children, which means, statistically, there is a child with ADHD in every single classroom in the country.in September this year surveyed more than a thousand teachers across different states and territories.
"They are aware that every classroom in Australia has students with ADHD and in their training today, they're not being given the tools to manage the independent learning support that children with ADHD need," Professor Kohn said.Australian Education Union federal president Correna Haythorpe agreed, saying it was "essential" new teachers ensured their initial teacher education provided them with skills to teach students with disabilities.
Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)
. Teachers falsify reports to back-up their actions against ADHD kids because they know what the system looks at. In 3 consecutive days you can end up with adverse behaviour reports (a) disrupting others' learning (b) harming others (c) harming themself. They know the system.
. Teachers will determine your child's self-esteem in life. It's a real shame the poor teachers aren't weeded out. I'd love to see a quota of say 5% sacked each year, never to be allowed near children again. The Catholic education system is the worst & protects nasty teachers.
The same is true for autism in girls. What's worse, many health practitioners also fail to recognise it. As for stereotypes, I get '... but you don't look autistic' all the time. The 'inattentive type' ADHD is much less known & much more prevalent in girls.