What do you think could happen to children who are affected by ADD if their needs are not met in the classroom

Question

What kinds of problems could stem from a lack of help or proper care?

Answer 1

ADD is real - although it can be misdiagnosed like other disorders. Medication can help "lower the volume" on the ADD, but effective teaching and parenting are key to the child's success.

Folks with ADD can be highly effective, happy, well balanced people. They need to treat their ADD (some may grow out of it - but not all) and learn skills to succeed and channel their creativity and energy so that they can avoid frustration.

In the classroom every student, but especially the ADD student, must be made comfortable and feel safe. If the child is bored or unable to succeed he or she will become frustrated and will either withdraw and avoid leaning opportunities or become agressive disruptive. Stategies for allowing a student to move or fidgit within reason - ex. using a taped square on floor & allowing standing or pacing within this, can allow the student to perform better and the others get used to this and ignore this.

The student needs to be respected and given whatever tools she or he needs ot succeed. A special education teacher or consultant can help design a program with input from the classroom teacher, the family, and the student. Finding useful strategies early in the child's educational career will help him or her develop and mature as a learner despite the learning and attention differences.

As a successful and mature learner, an indiviual with ADD or ADHD can do well.

Answer 2

Well, I just take a look at my husband... who at 30, just now knows that he has ADHD. As a child, his creativity was embraced, which was good, but his parents did not know anything about ADD/ADHD, so they took him to all kinds of shrinks when he was displaying typical ADD symptoms. He was distracted in the classroom, had no desire to do homework, had a large disparity between what he was capable of accomplishing and did accomplish, had no attention span, was very impulsive and shot his mouth off, had no concept of fear. As a young adult, his ADD caused him to jump around from job to job, seek stimulation from drugs and alcohol, change girlfriends often (some of them just got tired of his ever-changing personality) and have a hard time getting through school. Now, as an adult, he still has a hard time concentrating (I have to make conversations very short), is very self-depriciating (doesn't see the accomplishments he has made), and has severe anxiety attacks. He quit drugs and smoking long ago, but constantly seeks out stimulation through video games (which is much safer, so I don't mind!) Mostly, he says that he wishes he had known about ADD when he was a child so that he would have known he wasn't alone in feeling the way he does. I got him a great book, Driven to Distraction, that talks about adult ADD. Once he read the symptoms, he knew. He said, "this is like my life story". Using some of the tips in the book has really helped him to organize himself more, but it is still hard for him. If children's needs aren't met in the classroom, it causes them to feel failure where there should be none. Modifications have to be made for the child to help them succeed. It could be as simple as letting the child get up and walk around every half hour to allow them to get out some of the excess energy and re-start their mind. Children who have diagnosed ADD/ADHD can get a 504 plan made up in their school district... kind of like an Individual Education Plan for children with special needs, but not as formal. It basically outlines the allowances that the child is able to have (get up often, go outside) during the school day that will help the child get more out of their school experience. Children with ADD need to have special supports in place in order to help them succeed in school.

Answer 3

Lose interest in school and start to have more behaviour problems. If kids start to miss the basics at the lower grade levels they'll have trouble as work gets more complex in the higher grades. Often ADD kids are smart and therefore they can get by with decent grades even though their learning isn't complete. In high school they may have trouble similar to someone with a learning disability because they haven't learned to focus.

Answer 4

I agree with the first answer that was given. However, I do not believe that there is such a thing as ADD or ADHD. I think that people/kids that are "diagnosed as having either or" are just hyper people who may not be able to learn things like everyone else. I had a friend back in 5th grade who was "diagnosed" as having ADD, but in my opinion, there was nothing wrong with him. He was just never given a chance by anyone. My sister also had a friend who was also "diagnosed" as having one or the other and he was just a happy-go-lucky kid who was easily distracted. I just think people like that need to be given chances and probably a little more attention. If they get that, then they'll be fine. There was a comedian (I can't remember who) whom I heard make a joke/remark about ADD. I can't remember it exactly, but it was something like "And what is all this ADD **** they diagnose people with? There ain't no such thing as ADD. If you ask me, there isn't nothing that a good *** whipping couldn't cure." He made this remark only for out of control kids.

Answer 5

The behaviors will worsen and become more rigid. The likelihood that associated disorders particularly depression and conduct disorder will develop increase.

Answer 6

theyll end up getting frustrated and drop out