1st Edition
Critical New Perspectives on ADHD
248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
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Experts from all over the world take a critical, highly international and often controversial perspective on the ADHD phenomenon – a condition that has reached global proportions, significantly affecting the lives of children, parents and teachers worldwide. This book raises a number of concerns often not covered by the material currently available to parents and practitioners.
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Introduction 1. Contesting ADHD in North America: A Review of Major Critiques 2. Students at Risk Syndrome (SARS), ADHD and Other Pandemics 3. ADHD, and American Indian children: cultural oppression, exclusion, and denial of the past 4. Disability, Childhood Studies and The Construction of Medical Discourses: Questioning Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder as a Theoretical Perspective 5. ADHD and parenting styles 6. An interdisciplinary critique of ADHD 7. But what do we do in school on Monday? 8. Canaries of the Coal Mine: Symptoms of Children labeled 'ADD/ADHD' as cultural biofeedback 9. Inclusion and Exclusion at School: Voice of two learners with ADHD at a Primary School in South Africa. Conclusion.
Biography
Edited by Gwynedd Lloyd, Joan Stead, David Cohen
