Return-Path: <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g154V7u08661; Mon, 4 Feb 2002 23:31:07 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 23:31:07 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <004501c1adfd$e844aaf0$6682f3ce@DeepThought> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Woods" <woods@ncia.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-LD:3891] RE: adhd X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 881 Lines: 21 Clif wrote: > What might they have done if they did not have to cope with the > symptoms of ADHD? What I sense from Marie is an !acceptance! of the student for who she or he is, and an appreciation of the student's uniqueness. In such an environment, there is little a person has to cope with; symptoms are seen as attributes like many others that each of us have; labels begin to evaporate. Such an environment does not exist in public school except in the most extraordinary circumstances. Schools aren't very good at creativity and individuality. They try to get everyone doing the same thing, moving in the same direction. Hence the need to find a label to explain why Johnny can't sit still and pay attention. I believe that ADHD (together with LD and EBD) have much more to do with the student's environment and less to do with the student than is commonly thought. Tom
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b30 : Fri Jan 17 2003 - 14:41:14 EST