There are many children struggling in school who don’t need to be placed in remedial classes. They need something special, but they’re not exactly special needs. They would thrive in a different environment but not that one.
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Unlike other illnesses, there is no blood test, scan or gene that can reliably diagnose ADHD. There is a great deal of reliance on observations of teachers and parents who are required to fill in a “Rating Scale” describing the child’s behaviour.
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Is it at all possible that a child is not ADHD but rather highly sensitive? What we as human beings take into our brain is usually regulated, could “ADHD” kids just lack this regulation?
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Most gifted kids end up like an unwrapped gift – they are a group of the most unrecognized and misdiagnosed children around today. They are some of the children most often found in a variety of therapies because they don’t fit in the normal schooling mould and we don’t know what to do with them.
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The battle still continues within me about whether ADHD actually exists and whether my son indeed has been blessed with its tendencies. Either way, there are definitely a few things I have learnt along the way and which I try to apply most days:
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Aside from a lack of viable schools, the reasons parents educate their children with special needs at home vary. They may be frustrated that schools are unable to provide the services their child needs, t
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As a mother I know that all I want to do for my kids is make things better but in all my investigations about this topic the biggest revelation of all was that I needed to change first before I could do anything for my son.
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There are many children incorrectly diagnosed as being either ADHD or as having Oppositional Defiance Disorder who are really just highly sensitive children who are overwhelmed by the rush of sensory input that they’re unable to filter out
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Unreasonable. Stubborn. No wait… Obstinate. Impulsive. Definitely defiant. Or maybe all of the above describe how my son is…
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I’m absolutely horrified by the number of children now on severely mind-altering drugs. Did you know that the fastest growing market for both Ritalin and Prozac is pre-school aged children?…
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I was recently told by a professional kids’ psychologist that my son may have something called tactile defensiveness. What this means is that he dislikes certain textures and feelings against his skin and on him…
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I was fortunate enough to recently attend a workshop that literally changed my life.
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ADHD, ADD, diet, lack of stimulation and sometimes, well, just plain old personality are all ways to describe someone who is hyper active…
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