ADHD Diagnosis: The Role of Parents
Parental Stress A Factor in ADHD Diagnosis is the headline of an article on Health Sentinel. Its covering a research paper that hasn’t been published yet that looks at how parents and teachers differ in rating children’s behavior.
“The study was to examine the agreement of parents and teachers in ADHD symptoms and examine the association between parenting stress and depressed mood on these symptoms.
The authors found that, ‘ … parents and teachers do not fully agree. Especially for hyperactive/impulsive symptoms, agreement between parents and teachers was low.’ They also found that parenting stress and not depressed mood, ‘to be systematically and significantly associated between agreement raters of inattentive, hyperactive/impulsive and oppositional behavior.’“.
Find Out More:
Books:
- 1-2-3 Magic: Effective Discipline for Children 2-12 (123 Magic)
- Ritalin is Not the Answer Action Guide: An Interactive Companion to the Bestselling Drug-Free ADD/ADHD Parenting Program
- How To Teach Your Dyslexic Child To Read: A Proven Method for Parents and Teachers
- Negotiating the Special Education Maze: A Guide for Parents & Teachers
- Reaching Out, Joining in: Teaching Social Skills to Young Children With Autism (Topics in Autism)
January 26th, 2006
ADD / ADHD
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