Primary School Teachers Awareness And Practice Regarding Children With Adhd

We can find children with Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder in any regular classroom.rnMost of the time teachers perceive these students as disruptive and punish them. So teachersrnshould have awareness to identify and treat children with ADHD. The right type of teacher withrnthe right type of knowledge and competencies can do better justice to the children with attentionrnproblem than teacher with general pedagogy backgrounds. So the aim of this study was to assessrnprimary school teachers‟ awareness and practice regarding children with attention deficitrnhyperactivity disorder at selected government primary schools of Akaki Kality Sub city. Arndescriptive survey of 56 teachers was conducted with attempts to describe the level of awarenessrnand practice on teachers regarding children with ADHD through the following dimensions:rncharacteristics, effect of ADHD on school performance, identification, support and thernchallenges in teaching children with ADHD. In addition 3 school directors, 1 cluster supervisor,rn3guidance and counselors, 2special needs education professionals, 3 students with ADHD andrntheir parents were selected purposively. Therefore totally 71 participants were included for thernstudy. A 5-point likert scale questionnaire was adopted from available scales. The teachers havernlack of awareness and practice regarding children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

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