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By rmounted Thursday, July 10, 2008

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One of the things I have found most helpful in dealing with education and ADHD is realizing that not all educators (professional or otherwise) understand ADHD. I often print out the pages I have saved to my home and give them to my son's teachers, daycare workers, etc. You can't assume that because they are "educated teachers" that they themselves don't need additional education. Every time my son has a new teacher I print out my little sheets and give them to him/her. The communication door becomes wide open and my son begins interacting and doing much better. Grades go up, self esteem rises, he's not "always in trouble", etc. Life just gets easier for him. So, print, print and print somemore!!

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Terry Matlen, ACSW, Health Guide

7/11/08 10:53am

Hi RMounted,

Yes! Yes! Yes!

We do assume that professionals understand ADHD, but truthfully, many don't. Or maybe they only understand one small part of it.

There are tons of articles here that should help you and others to educate those who need to better understand ADHD.

Thanks for your helpful post.

Terry

Eileen Bailey, Health Guide

7/21/08 2:52pm

Thanks so much for sharing this. With the new school year starting soon, it is important to remember that teachers may or may not know a great deal of information about ADHD.

Please also, let them know about this site, there is so much information they can learn from.

Also, I used to give my son's teachers a copy of the following:

12 Things High School Students with ADD/ADHD Want Their Teachers to Know

You might want to make sure you have signed up for our e-newsletter. Then, when you have the teacher's email addresses, you can forward it to them when there is some information that may help them.

Thanks again for sharing this tip.

Eileen

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