Cover Page -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- About the Authors -- How to use this book -- 1 Understanding ADHD -- 2 The ADHD Experience -- 3 ADHD and Medication: A Brief Consideration of the Evidence -- 4 ADHD and Schools -- 5 The Necessity of Collaborative Working -- 6 Models for Collaborative Working -- 7 Educational Interventions for ADHD -- 8 Food for Thought -- Appendix: Diagnostic Criteria for Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder -- Glossary -- References -- Index
Summary
Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) can be hard to include in a mainstream classroom, and managing their behaviour is often a challenge. Drawing directly from real classroom experience, this book shows the reader how effective management strategies can improve behaviour in the classroom, and at home. This interdisciplinary approach will provide teachers with: "tried and tested strategies to deal with disruptive behaviours;. "ways to channel children's positive characteristics;. "advice on how teachers can support and guide parents;. "behaviour mana
