Friday, April 6, 2012

Initial questions

While working in a 3rd grade classroom for my internship, there was a child in my classroom that has been identified with ADHD. Throughout the year, my mentor teacher and I tried many different strategies that would help motivate him to learn and participate in the classroom. Some of these strategies would not work at all, or maybe for a week or two. 

I've been wondering how medication and how much the dose could affect a child with ADHD?

Are there studies to prove that children with ADHD respond to certain strategies better than others?

How does the family play a part in how the child with ADHD could be successful in a school setting?

Is there more sibling rivalry?

These are just some beginning questions that I will be looking into to find more information that could be helpful in learning more about ADHD and it's affects on more than just the child. 
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2 comments:

  1. Monica BApril 10, 2012 at 8:26 AM

    Hi Kathryn,

    I am very interested in your blog as the questions you have posed are all questions I have wondered as well in terms of ADHD. I have talked to people who are both sides of the fence in terms of whether or not they feel as if medication is appropriate for dealing with ADHD. Now, I will admit that it seems to be the parents who do NOT have children who have been diagnosed as having ADHD who tend to say that medication should not be the solution, while the parents who do have children with ADHD will describe how their child DOES need the medication. Among the people I have talked to about ADHD and medication, it seems as if families have struggled with keeping their children interested in their studies and with allowing other children in the family to get attention from the parents as well. Allowing someone else to get attention, rather than the child, the child will need to be focused on something else, which, without medication, parents have said it is not possible. Obviously, no parent goes into it with the intent in needing to medicate their child, but realistically I am interested in seeing the statistics as well. My husband was actually diagnosed with ADHD in his early childhood years, and even now, the doctor tells him he needs to be honest in terms of how he feels to determine whether or not he may still need the medication. (This is something we have been talking about more recently). I ran across this website with some medication information. I'm so excited to learn more about this!! Thank you!

    http://www.cyke.com/health/ADHD_medication.html

    Monica Bloom

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  2. GabeTheTAApril 11, 2012 at 10:51 AM

    Kathryn,

    This is a very good start. With the prevalence of ADHD these days, I am sure there is a ton of information out there that addresses many of your questions. It's good to know that you have some personal ties to your inquiry, and I look forward to seeing you draw in some of these experiences as you learn more about ADHD. Perhaps you will even be able to revisit your original experiences once you've gained more knowledge and think about if you would act differently knowing then what you know now. Keep it up!

    Gabe

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