Teacher attention-deficit disorder

At other times, the so-called disorder should be called TADD teacher attention-deficit disorder. Owing more to problems in our educational system than to the teachers themselves, few students get the individualized educational programs that they need. 

Pharmacotherapy is superior to behavioral therapy in the treatment of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Behavior modification provided by parents and teachers in conjunction with pharmacotherapy improves treatment outcomes more than behavior therapy alone. 

There is particular frustration for teachers regarding the diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) which has increasingly been applied to youngsters with behavioural problems, with estimates of prevalence ranging from one to six percent of children (Lloyd, 2003). Teachers have expressed doubts about the extent to which they feel they can contain these medicated and often violent youngsters within ordinary classrooms. Some suspicion has been cast upon the... 

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