If a kid has ADD/ADHD, should he/she go to a special school?

Question

My reasoning: if the parents refuse to put the kid on pills, the kid acts up in class, other students don't learn plus the kid isn't restrained. Put the ADHD kid in a special, controlled environment where they can learn while dealing with their ADHD.

Answer 1

I don't think they need to go to a different school. Yeah they might act up some or be more hyper than some, but there are other kids who act up all the time without ADD/ADHD. I just don't think it's bad enough to put the kids in a special school, or environment. It would also make those kids feel inferior in some way, and they would get picked on even more. This is coming from a person who had ADD or maybe I still have it, who knows. Also most of my buddies had it, some worse than others. We acted up some and got sent out of class sometimes, but mostly we were good. That's my 2 cents.

Answer 2

I think parents of kids with ADD/ADHD, who refuse to medicate, should be held up for medical neglect, just as if they refused insulin to a diabetic child. Real ADD/ADHD (not the misdiagnosis that happens with the large minority of inept doctors who seem to think it is a convenient "catch all) is an imbalance in activity in the brain. Stimulant medication brings the different areas into alignment, allowing the person better control and use of their thoughts and behaviors.

If there is any question about a child being truly ADD/ADHD or not, a simple test involving a 1/2 cup of coffee, or a can of Jolt, will resolve the matter. If the child calms down (rather than getting jittery) after having the caffiene, the kid likely has ADD/ADHD.

Someone with ADD/ADHD doesn't truly need separate placement. They need meds.

That being said, if parents are adamant about not giving their child meds, and the child is disrupting other students' learning and/or not learning effectively in the regular ed class themselves, then the Least Restrictive Environment clause in IDEA demands that the child be placed in a different setting. LRE is about effective and non-disruptive learning, not about full inclusion.

Because an unmedicated student with severe ADD/ADHD is disruptive to other students, period, their LRE is not even in the special ed self-contained classrooms. They are just as disruptive to other special needs kids, as they are to the general ed kids. They should be homebound, with specially trained teachers coming to their homes for instruction, and Occupational Therapists working with them on coping skills programs like "How Does Your Engine Run?"

Answer 3

some parents see that their kid in fact does NOT have ADD. i doubt the kid has ADD, I bet he/she just doesnt give full attention and is distracted a bit. ADD basically means, a person who is not a zombie who pays attention to learn 24/7.

All diagnostic doctors will diagnose every one of their patients with something so that they can get insurance money. I PROMISE you, if you have someone who would be a volunteer, who has no disorders, tell him to go to a doctor to have himself checked, and tell let him tell the doctor some basic stuff about him... such as "does he believe in god?" does he believe that someone may possess the power to sense if someone close to him is in trouble. Stuff that is basic and not dangerous at all. I GUARANTEE you that he WILL be diagnosed with SOMETHING because diagnostic doctors will diagnose ANYONE for their own greedy.selfish needs.

If you look up and study a lot of disorders (particularly the common ones) you will see that EVERY personality trait is a disorder. Too nice, disorder, too mean, disorder, believe in paranorma, disorder, etc. I looked up all the disorders and saw that every personality trait is a disorder. Disorder means mentally ill, mentally ill means crazy. When everyone in the world is crazy, it means that NO ONE is crazy.

Oh yeah, and diagnostic doctors will NOT let you know that medicine can actually make someone WORSE. If a normal person takes medicine for a disorder he doesnt truly have, then it will make him worse. And there are PLENTY of medicines out there, therefore the doctors can go over and over, changing your meds and saying the excuse "maybe that medicine doesnt work, lets change the meds." And they'll keep doing that into a never ending cycle.

But if you ask someone who is NOT a diagnostic doctor, and who has studied psychology, they all will tell you that it is INDEED possible, and has happened before, that someone who is not mentailly ill takes medicine and gets worse, that may actually CAUSE mentally illness.

The more normal the kid's enviroment is, the more normal he will be.

Answer 4

Medication doesn't help every child, but if the parents refuse to even consider medication or any other means so that the child is not disruptive, placement in a special education class may be warranted. It's not fair to the other students in the class if this one student keeps them from having a full and successful school experience.

Answer 5

This is a tough one but if you've never heard of Doreen Virtue-look her up. Her book on kids with ADHD, which she calls Indigo Kids is extrordinary. A whole different look on these kids.
Home schooling is sometimes the best option.

Answer 6

no i don't think that people that have ADD or ADHD should go to a special school because if they take medication that calm them down what would be the problem.

Answer 7

Bring back spanking in schools....see how fast he quits acting up then.

Answer 8

yes, definantely. why should they be in the class interupting other kid's learning?

Answer 9

no just a spical classroom