April 21st Presentations

I thought that the presentation on ADHD was very enlightening. I had no idea that children with ADHD had such a problem focusing. I was only aware of kids with ADD who are prescribed Adderal, which leads to over diagnosis because of the affects of adderal on focusing. Many students abuse the drug, buying and using it to complete tasks. So I think its really interesting that the focus was on how parents and teachers can help these kids, and she didn't focus on how medications can help the students. Over medicating is problematic and if the focus is shifted away from medication to specific activities and teachings, I think we'd be better off as a society.