I have tried to give some honest, truthful, helpful and constructive advice, Veuve Clicquot. I have not tried to insult anyone or to criticize AGibson in any way. (As I have never even met her, this would be a most unfair and unkind thing to do.) However, you have deliberately twisted and distorted the meaning of what I have written, Veuve Clicquot, and this is a most uncharitable and unhelpful thing to do. You have also been rude and insulting to me.
I have not been the first person (and I certainly doubt whether I will be the last) to question whether the behaviour that is usually labelled as "ADD" or "ADHD" really is neurological in its origins. If you read Doctor David Stein's book, "Unravelling the ADD/ADHD Fiasco" or Doctor Thomas Armstrong's book, "The Myth of the ADD Child", you will find that they too have some very serious doubts about whether the kind of behaviour associated with ADD/ADHD is in fact due to there being something physically wrong with the brain and instead they believe that it is much more likely to be due to other factors.
Brain scans for children who have already been treated with Ritalin and other powerful drugs are valueless, as Doctor Baughman makes absolutely clear in his long and detailed article. (Of course Veuve Clicquot makes no mention at all of Baughman's article - or any other scientific research, for that matter.)
As you may have guessed, I have spent many hours reading and trying to find out the truth about ADD/ADHD and it seems to me that the overwhelming scientific evidence leads one to believe that many children who in the past have been given this label may not really be suffering from some kind of neurological inbalance at all. Yes, their behaviour and academic progress are unsatisfactory, but probably we need to look for other causes, rather than the "condition" of ADD/ADHD.
I am a primary teacher, not a doctor or a child psychologist. However, my research on this subject has led me to believe that many eminent doctors and child psychologists would indeed share this view of ADD/ADHD. Well, those are my views on ADD/ADHD and if you bother to do some research, you will most probably come to much the same conclusions.
I have tried to give some honest, truthful, helpful and constructive advice, Veuve Clicquot. I have not tried to insult anyone or to criticize AGibson in any way. (As I have never even met her, this would be a most unfair and unkind thing to do.) However, you have deliberately twisted and distorted the meaning of what I have written, Veuve Clicquot, and this is a most uncharitable and unhelpful thing to do. You have also been rude and insulting to me.
I have not been the first person (and I certainly doubt whether I will be the last) to question whether the behaviour that is usually labelled as "ADD" or "ADHD" really is neurological in its origins. If you read Doctor David Stein's book, "Unravelling the ADD/ADHD Fiasco" or Doctor Thomas Armstrong's book, "The Myth of the ADD Child", you will find that they too have some very serious doubts about whether the kind of behaviour associated with ADD/ADHD is in fact due to there being something physically wrong with the brain and instead they believe that it is much more likely to be due to other factors.
Brain scans for children who have already been treated with Ritalin and other powerful drugs are valueless, as Doctor Baughman makes absolutely clear in his long and detailed article. (Of course Veuve Clicquot makes no mention at all of Baughman's article - or any other scientific research, for that matter.)
As you may have guessed, I have spent many hours reading and trying to find out the truth about ADD/ADHD and it seems to me that the overwhelming scientific evidence leads one to believe that many children who in the past have been given this label may not really be suffering from some kind of neurological inbalance at all. Yes, their behaviour and academic progress are unsatisfactory, but probably we need to look for other causes, rather than the "condition" of ADD/ADHD.
I am a primary teacher, not a doctor or a child psychologist. However, my research on this subject has led me to believe that many eminent doctors and child psychologists would indeed share this view of ADD/ADHD. Well, those are my views on ADD/ADHD and if you bother to do some research, you will most probably come to much the same conclusions.