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Primary school teachers 'in the dark' about ADHD
By Laura Marcus,
Nursery World,
17 September 2008
Around two-thirds of primary school teachers struggle to understand ADHD because they lack training, a new study suggests.
A Royal College of Psychiatrists' conference, which starts today in Liverpool, will be presented with research by Dr Sheheryar Jovindah, a consultant in child and adolescent psychiatry at Mount Gould Hospital in Plymouth. Dr Jovindah surveyed 95 teachers from six Plymouth primary schools about their attitudes and perceptions of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in children. Only 35 per cent of the teachers responding said they had received any training in understanding and managing ADHD behaviour. The survey found that a majority were unclear...
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