ADHD and Diet

In message .net, LAH wrote:

To paraphrase our pediatrician, "Often medications are used to help with
"school issues". *In a perfect world it would not be necessary but these
kids (and adults) have to learn and function in the system as it currently
exists. *If we could provide one-on-one aides or teachers, reduce class
size, allow kids more freedom of movement, adjust assignments, *adjust
scheduling, etc., then it might be possible but until
then.............................."

"Often" is rather squishy. From my own experience, one-on-one
attention isn't necessarily enough to make it possible for an
8yo to concentrate enough to learn basic arithmetic.

Since the 8yo in question is now an A student in physics at
one of the toughtest universities in the USA, I suspect that
lack of native ability wasn't the problem.

Not mentioned is the effect on social learning. One-on-one
aides aren't much help in learning to read social cues from
peers -- and, again IMHO, those can have more of a lifelong
effect on quality of life than the classroom concentration.

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