[Valpal1]

What so many of these children have is “dys-teachia”. They are taught little or no phonics, mired in whole language learning that results in poor reading skills and mimics dyslexia.

[ClaireSolt]

I’ll bet you will find out that the feds fork over more money for medicated kids. They pervert and undermine everything with their do gooderism. Add to that the lack of standards for teachers who could learn to manage their classes, if the expectations were set. I am with the posters above who said the kids need recess with exercise and teaches who impose discipline.

[spotbust1]

I have also found that my son, who snores, displays many more ADD symptoms when he has a cold. I got a prescription nose spray from his pediatrician which has almost stopped the snoring, and he is much more attentive and teachable.

Sometimes sleep apnea can cause ADHD like symptoms in children.

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

GREAT RESOURCES HERE...

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< snip > Dr. Blumenfeld’s insight is basic: “When you impose an ideographic teaching technique on an alphabetic writing system you get a reading disability. By eliminating the sense of sound from the reading process, one is breaking the crucial link between alphabetically written words and its spoken equivalent. Also, using sound symbols as ideographic symbols, one creates symbolic confusion.” I like to say, “Using a sight-associational method to teach a sound-associational system creates associational confusion.”

http://www.donpotter.net/ed.htm