Attention Deficit Disorder

Reggie Taylor, 13, behaved badly in school. He had trouble sitting still, and he was disruptive in class—not because he overtly caused any problems or was disrespectful to his teachers, but because he nearly continually rustled papers and squirmed in his seat. Teachers wanted to him to undergo psychological testing in order to get him into special education classes and his parents agreed so that any psychological problem could be ruled out. Reggie had a 90-minute bus trip to school, which separated from his neighborhood friends, and what he really wanted was to be in school with them, as he had been since elementary school.

The results of the testing yielded the conclusion that Reggie suffered from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). “The school recommended special education classes, with a modified curriculum. The Tatums disagreed and transferred Reggie to a school in their community” (Hill, 1998; p. C01). Now, two years later, he's a thriving high school junior, on the honor roll as he had been in elementary school. His mother said, “His turnaround has been amazing. At first I thought they just misdiagnosed him. Then I thought it could be that he

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