ADD/ADHD Alternatives in the Classroom

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What does it mean to a kid to be labeled attention-deficit disordered (ADD)? Or to have “hyperactive” added to the label (ADHD)? What can teachers do to boost the success of students with attention and behavioral difficulties? Are we relying too much on medication for these kids and not enough on new perspectives on learning, child development, the child's socioeconomic and cultural background, biological and psychological research, and the learner's emotional and social needs?

Preface

Limitations—and Assumptions—of the ADD/ADHD Paradigm

Alternatives to the ADD/ADHD Paradigm

Strategies to Empower, Not Control, Kids Labeled ADD/ADHD

References

About the Author

About the authors

Thomas Armstrong, educator, psychologist, and writer, is the Executive Director of the American Institute for Learning and Human Development. Over 30 years, he has given more than 1000 keynotes, workshop presentations, and lectures on 6 continents, in 29 countries, and 44 states.

He has written for numerous magazines, newspapers, and journals and is the author of 18 books, including the ASCD books Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom, Neurodiversity in the Classroom, The Power of the Adolescent Brain, The Best Schools, The Multiple Intelligences of Reading and Writing, ADD/ADHD Alternatives in the Classroom, and Awakening Genius in the Classroom.