When Mar Coloma entered the house, a pungent odor filled his nose. A mother of three, she suspected that her eldest son, Alvaro, might have had something to do with him. He asked directly because “he was a very impulsive boy, he did not have the ability to measure” and, indeed, he told him to burn some papers in the trash and almost set the room on fire. The mother had a “fly behind the ear” for a while, because Alvaro was making a “high-level” joke. He says that one day while taking a shower, he opened the sink window and removed the handle. “It irrigated the whole area,” he said. When he was very young, he surprised his family with how easy it was for him to study: “When we were three years old, we used to go out on the street and he told me all the makes of cars. I looked, I asked and I remembered. ” But the ascent came at the age of eight, when concentration was needed during study.
“Everyone was telling me I was a typical pointless kid, but I knew it wasn’t like that, it wasn’t normal.” So the mother, who is a nurse, took her to a pediatrician and was diagnosed by Dr. Jose Casa Rivero: Alvaro had a neurological disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). “His medicine cost me dearly, he started at the age of 12 and the pills created sleep problems. “He also spent many years in psychotherapy,” said the mother. Alvaro is a smart, friendly and good talking guy. “When I got good points, they joked that I had doping …” he laughs. “My friends could not understand how hyperactive I was if they said I was quite lazy.” He claims that the pills made him “consistent, responsible and even boring” and he noticed that he was less of himself.
It was mentioned that he was “a certain idea” and painted a lot during the lessons, but he says: “Because I did not have teachers who taught me, I became abstract.” He claims that if he had teachers “more involved and more upstairs”, he would not need pills. “The method was very rigid and everything seemed very impractical to me,” he said. Alvaro knew the numbers quite well, but the letters were difficult for him: “Why is the story not explained back here. I lost interest because I saw everything from afar. “
“Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a very common neurodevelopmental disorder in children and adolescents, with a higher prevalence in boys,” said neuropsychologist Suzette Montoya. According to the Spanish Society of Outpatient Pediatrics and First Aid, 4.9 to 8.8% of Spanish children and adolescents are diagnosed with ADHD.
Mar Coloma, Alvaro’s mother, contacted ANSHDA (Madrid ADHD Association) and was trained to help her son: “They argued a lot that the school should be polluted.” The mother went with all the information provided by the association, the teacher – the teacher. “He was asked to sit down first or during exams to make sure he understood the sentences,” he said. The child was rowed by the family for “learning”, there was no shortage of academies and private teachers. Alvaro received his bachelor’s degree and went through selectivity. Has studied several modules and is currently working.
Montserrat Bernardo is the director of ADEMPA, Parla Early Care Center, where he also works for Suzette Montiro – “ADHD is manifested by symptoms of inattention and hyperactivity, or a combination of both. “It is characterized by a constant pattern of inattention and / or hyperactivity-impulsivity,” he said. They ensure that it must be maintained for at least six months and occur during the development period. Some symptoms appear before the age of seven.
Suzette Montiro says hyperactivity-impulsivity and inattention are usually found in smaller creatures. Boys and girls between the ages of two and four are very active and impulsive: they touch everything, have no idea about danger, and find it difficult to be in the same activity for more than ten minutes. But “as they grow older, hyperactivity decreases and, while attention problems persist, they can stay focused longer,” he says. Added to these difficulties in focusing attention are problems with planning, organization, time management, working memory, and task-starting difficulties.
Alex is 10 years old and from the age of 3 his mother, Anna Sanchez, has already noticed that he had problems in social relationships, as well as tasks such as brushing his teeth or dressing, which cost him “much more expensive”. His sister. “We were told he was not playing or interacting with other children,” he said, so at age 6 he was diagnosed with “careless type” ADHD. “He has difficulty concentrating, he seems to be in his world, but he copes with everything in class because he is a very, very smart child,” said the mother. Alex is considered on the verge of being “extremely capable”, but what he finds difficult is the boys and girls.
“The pandemic has made everything worse because it has been inside for two years now, so it is still difficult to communicate with other children and escape from them,” said the mother. Sanchez is also a nurse and says boys and girls with ADHD are tucked away in one bag. “When I explain that he has ADHD, they tell me what it would be like if he were a very quiet child,” he said. According to Natalia Redondo, an educational counselor and education psychologist, the most common topics about ADHD are that they are a disaster and do not focus on: “lazy and unwilling to know” or “rude” or “he”. “He always does what he gives, he wins,” he said. He works to break them up and says: “None of them are. Complications are maintaining attention and concentration in the classroom or remembering where items were placed. He acknowledges that they may also have difficulty controlling their impulses, which can lead to frequent interruptions.
Some people constantly need to move around, such as going to the bathroom or looking for an excuse to get up. In some centers they are allowed to go out into the corridor for several races. The task of counselors is, on the one hand, to inform the other teacher how they can work with them, because “they need methodological adaptations, such as planning and organizing work with great care.” Redondo adds that it would also be good to have the sequence of assignments and their part-by-part delivery and the basic information clearly marked in the statements, as well as giving clear and simple rules.
Regarding the adaptation of children with ADHD, teacher Ruben Garcia, a disabled person at Antonio Alue Morris Public School in Valladolid, said: “Disability is what kind of class we have for them. An education where you have to sit for five hours is horrible. For ADHD and everyone else. ” This year Garcia has a seven-year-old boy with hyperactivity and without any adaptation problems, he has a dynamic class and, even though he has students sitting at tables, they can move, discover and explore. “We learn a lot in nature, it is a very good point for all boys and girls to know how to control themselves, because they need movement and it is easier to attract their attention in the open air,” he said.
Source: El Diario
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