Adhd Alternative Methods
adhd alternative methods
Do you have any students w/ADHD in your class who use alternative treatment?
If so, have these alternative treatments been successful for your students in the classroom? While I’ve seen medication both help and hinder students, I’ve only worked with one child whose family used alternative treatment (diet regulation & whatnot). It didn’t help w/focusing attention in the classroom. I know many parents on here have said they prefer these alternative methods, but I’d like to know if teachers have seen the same positive results in the classroom. Thanks!
I have taught HS for 20 years and have only had 1 student that used an alternative successfully. I have had many more whose parents claimed to be using “alternatives” or allowing their children not to take meds because they didn’t like the way they made them feel and the children were disasters in the classroom. The one successful one had a mother that was with him all the time, monitored him vigilantly and sat in my room if necessary to keep him from disturbing others. Meds or no meds, ADHD children need a strong behavior modification plan and my school did not have the resources to put an aid in to constantly monitor their behavior. Consequently, they ended up in detention and in/out of school suspension more than other students. I am not promedication, but I do have to wonder if the child had a dibilitating, life threatening disease would the parents allow the child to decide whether to take their meds or not? Many of my unmedicated students have ended up in jail or dead after they left high school and it breaks my heart.
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