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<blockquote data-quote="firehorsewoman" data-source="post: 540667"><p>Hi, InsaneCdn,</p><p></p><p>Thanks for your input. It is helpful to hear from someone like you that has firsthand knowledge of what ADHD feels like. Do stimulants help you and/or your family members? </p><p></p><p>I have read many places that folks with ADHD struggle in school. I do not have time to do a search of each place I have seen in the past but quickly, one of the current books I am reading is called "Childhood Psychological Disorders-Current Controversies" Edited by Alberto Bursztyn and on page 56 the author of the ADHD chapter writes, "Children with ADHD often experience failure in school and little positive feelings about self." On page 57, "Schooling was a source of frustration..." "Many children with ADHD have similar experiences, eventually attending schools for behavioral problems where academic learning is less emphasized...." I will try to look for the other references I have seen that list trouble learning in school as a symptom of ADHD. Also, the adults that I know personally, struggled with academics in school. So, I am also going by what they have told me. Perhaps I am totally confused about all of this?! It is confusing.</p><p></p><p>My difficult child has never been frustrated by school or school work. He is very proud of that fact and has positive feelings about school. He has always worked above grade level. He does have problems focusing though. Lots of problems there....still his grades are very good. So, maybe he is still ADHD that affects him in school but intelligent enough to compensate? His teachers have been very surprised that he has not tested into the Academically Advanced class since his grades are so good...he just does not do well on that test for some reason. Mostly, his problems at school have been defiance, not following directions, talking, saying inappropriate things, and when he was younger....the violent meltdowns that we still see at home but luckily do not occur at school anymore.</p><p></p><p>thanks again for your input</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="firehorsewoman, post: 540667"] Hi, InsaneCdn, Thanks for your input. It is helpful to hear from someone like you that has firsthand knowledge of what ADHD feels like. Do stimulants help you and/or your family members? I have read many places that folks with ADHD struggle in school. I do not have time to do a search of each place I have seen in the past but quickly, one of the current books I am reading is called "Childhood Psychological Disorders-Current Controversies" Edited by Alberto Bursztyn and on page 56 the author of the ADHD chapter writes, "Children with ADHD often experience failure in school and little positive feelings about self." On page 57, "Schooling was a source of frustration..." "Many children with ADHD have similar experiences, eventually attending schools for behavioral problems where academic learning is less emphasized...." I will try to look for the other references I have seen that list trouble learning in school as a symptom of ADHD. Also, the adults that I know personally, struggled with academics in school. So, I am also going by what they have told me. Perhaps I am totally confused about all of this?! It is confusing. My difficult child has never been frustrated by school or school work. He is very proud of that fact and has positive feelings about school. He has always worked above grade level. He does have problems focusing though. Lots of problems there....still his grades are very good. So, maybe he is still ADHD that affects him in school but intelligent enough to compensate? His teachers have been very surprised that he has not tested into the Academically Advanced class since his grades are so good...he just does not do well on that test for some reason. Mostly, his problems at school have been defiance, not following directions, talking, saying inappropriate things, and when he was younger....the violent meltdowns that we still see at home but luckily do not occur at school anymore. thanks again for your input [/QUOTE]
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