ADHD students are faced with a multitude of challenges in their school lives, and the teacher first notices the ADHD symptoms which then leads the parent to test his child. The child is then put on medication, so as not to disrupt in the classroom. We, as parents, understand the frustration teachers experience. Most parents do not want to put their child on drugs but they do because this is the only way their child may continue attending school. Given that ADHD requirements in school is about caring, understanding and offering a nurturing setting for the ADHD child,
To do so, the teacher must be prepared on what to expect from the child and what difficulties he has to face each school day. The teacher has to be on the same 'wavelength' as the parent, and the parent has to know that the teacher is educated enough on his ADHD child to be able to trust that the child is not going to 'fall through the cracks'. This also helps the parent not to lose their sanity by explaining and reexplaining their child's needs year after year to a different set of teachers, and to any teacher that might be replaced during the year.
Once this understanding is reached (through education) and once schools establish a plan to deal with ADHD students so as to include them in the classroom, keep a counselor, and look for their welfare, then the child will feel he is well taken care of and will want to attend classes, do well etc. Sign this petition to save children from feeling sad, stop them from giving up, secure them a place in this world , make them happy by allowing the teachers to see the shining souls they are.
Save a life from chaos and disappointment, so that schools produce successful, confident human beings who have a positive goal in life.
