jason

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This is an interesting topic. I have ADD/ADHD. All my life. The question of its existence is not an issue for me, ADHD is a descriptive of a state, not a pathological designation. It may be a disease, but that’s not my issue. [and this is my personal, not professional opinion] That is, you need to recognize it and engage it, not drug it and ‘fix’ it. To me it IS a social construct… no less than genius or all of the descriptions of intellectual impairments; that is we have created these constructs to deal with something that pre-dates the construct. I don’t get why this is a problem to people, but people sometimes seem to want unassailable truths.

Myomancy: Does ADHD Exist?: “This is not as stupid a question as it sounds. We can’t do a blood test or brain scan to diagnoses ADHD so how do we know it exists? Yes some children are more active than others and have worse concentrations but does that mean its a disease, a mental health problem needing billions of tablets to treat? Is a ADHD a social construct?”

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If you’re interested, check out what’s new at Fine:Family Involvement Network of Educators - at Harvard Family Research Project

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Weblogg-ed » Wiki Solution Manuals may be an interesting link for future thoughts on wikis and learning: “Darren lights upon another great idea with the creation of wiki problem solving sites for his kids (and Clarence has picked up the ball as well.) As he puts it, his students are creating the textbook in their blogs, and now they can create supporting resources in the wiki. Read the thinking that he put behind how to structure and assess the work his students are doing. It’s pretty brilliant.”

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This sort of makes it easy when people ask me why we need to deal with electronic technology issues for very young children:

Boing Boing: Identity thief rips off 3-week-old baby “Not only the child’s name — first, middle and last — but the parents’, plus the parents’ Social Security numbers and mother’s maiden name for each of us,” said John. “Everything needed to establish a fake ID.”