All of us who work with children and adolescents with ADHD in schools and colleges know full well how demanding they can be and the impact they make on our…
“It takes a village to raise the child”: Supporting parents of children with ADHD
This is a well-known African proverb in which an entire community of people need to interact for children to experience and grow in a safe and healthy environment. Although communities…
Conduct Disorder: Don’t care and catch me if you can.
Conduct disorder or CD is a term seldom mentioned in terms of the behaviour of children and adolescents. This is strange as terms such as Attention Deficit Disorder (ADHD) Oppositional…
Neurodiversity: Difference vs. Disorder
Neurodiversity is a term which was first coined in the late 1990s to describe conditions such as Dyslexia, Autism and ADHD as not deficits or disorders but rather more like…
You can’t compete with a cat in the playground…..
During a recent school visit I witnessed a year 6 student with ADHD called Daniel fling a chair across the room after an altercation with his teacher. Unfortunately, the situation…