Reader: False Equivalency, Offensive Language, Racism

Reader: False Equivalency, Offensive Language, Racism 

SA01 - What Research Really Says About Teaching Reading--and Why That Still Matters

SA01 - What Research Really Says About Teaching Reading--and Why That Still Matters

M Is Not For Picture Clues

M Is Not For Picture Clues

What about Special Fonts for Kids with Dyslexia or Other Reading Problems?

What about Special Fonts for Kids with Dyslexia or Other Reading Problems?

Gate A-4, Naomi Shihab Nye

Honeybee: Poems & Short Prose, Naomi Shihab Nye

Gate A-4, Naomi Shihab Nye

Understanding ADHD

Why French Kids Don't Have ADHD | Psychology Today

French Kids DO Have ADHD | Psychology Today

How French media have portrayed ADHD to the lay public and to social workers

Sébastien Ponnou and François Gonon

ABSTRACT
Two models of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) coexist: the biomedical and the psychosocial. We identified in nine French newspapers 159 articles giving facts and opinions about ADHD from 1995 to 2015. We classified them according to the model they mainly supported and on the basis of what argument. Two thirds (104/159) mainly supported the biomedical model. The others either defended the psychodynamic understanding of ADHD or voiced both models. Neurological dysfunctions and genetic risk factors were mentioned in support of the biomedical model in only 26 and eight articles, respectively. These biological arguments were less frequent in the most recent years. There were fewer articles mentioning medication other than asserting that medication must be combined with psychosocial interventions (14 versus 57 articles). Only 11/159 articles claimed that medication protects from school failure. These results were compared to those of our two previous studies. Thus, both French newspapers and the specialized press read by social workers mainly defended either the psychodynamic understanding of ADHD or a nuanced version of the biomedical model. In contrast, most French TV programmes described ADHD as an inherited neurological disease whose consequences on school failure can be counteracted by a very effective medication.

The Not-So-Hidden Cause Behind the A.D.H.D. Epidemic

Don’t Rush to Saddle Children With the A.D.H.D. Label

Worrying Disparities in Diagnosis of Black and White Children

Failure to Conform Accounts for Most A.D.H.D. Diagnoses

Understanding Literacy and Dyslexia

Scientific evidence on how to teach writing is slim

Proof Points

Research Advisory: Dyslexia (ILA, 2016)