| In today's education system many disorders are | | | | many get left out or sidelined. Taking the easy route of |
| handled by placing those affected by the disorder into | | | | an ADHD medication treatment or using excessive |
| specific classrooms that will cater more to their needs. | | | | discipline doesn't work to create an adult who can |
| The one area in which the education system gets a | | | | perform and add to society. In most cases these |
| failing grade is in the handling of attention deficit | | | | routes to educating an ADHD child ends up having |
| disorder or ADHD. Children with ADHD have different | | | | them addicted to other drugs or in prison, the ultimate in |
| educational needs than the average student and | | | | disciplinary education. |
| require more attention being paid to their needs by the | | | | Our public education doesn't have the funds to run |
| teacher or aid. | | | | programs that can give a child with ADHD an |
| Today we wouldn't put a child suffering from autism, a | | | | educational experience that will keep them focused |
| language or learning disorder into an advanced class | | | | and teach them to maintain that focus through |
| schedule. They would be put into a situation where the | | | | challenging or unchallenging tasks. We are too caught |
| student to teacher ratio was improved. Why is it that in | | | | up in memorization aspect of our education system. A |
| our education system do we not give the same | | | | child who can't memorize or focus on memorization as |
| treatment to children with ADHD. Is this due to the | | | | their main learning tool will get left far behind and in |
| symptoms of the disorder? The tendency to take the | | | | most cases pushed to the brink of social acceptance. |
| disciplinary route or the medication route in order to | | | | The occurrence of medication treatment for ADHD in |
| help that child allows the school to keep up a high ratio | | | | private schools is definitely lower then in public schools |
| of students per teacher. | | | | for a variety of reasons. A family who can send their |
| This has consequences across the board and | | | | child to a private school will also have the financial |
| demonstrates that there is a significant middle ground | | | | ability to give them private tutors, non-drug treatments |
| that we are missing in education of children where too | | | | and other supportive therapy. |