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What Do Teachers Know, Think and Intend To Do About ADHD?
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Kos, Julie M. |
| Copyright Year | 2008 |
| Abstract | Summary and Suggestions Overall, the assessment of teachers’ behaviour showed that the most commonly used strategy to manage the behaviour of a student with ADHD was reinforcement. Reinforcement was used significantly more frequently than negative consequences, planned ignoring or emotional support, and planned ignoring was the least commonly used strategy. Given that all of these strategies have been thoroughly validated in the literature when implemented correctly, it is suggested that programs be developed to instruct teachers on the correct use of each of them. This is important because if the strategies are implemented incorrectly they may be ineffective. Teachers should also be encouraged to use these strategies equally often in their classroom to manage students with ADHD. While statistically teachers were shown to use reinforcement more often than other strategies, they only used reinforcement once or twice a day. Considering that children with ADHD often require frequent reinforcement scheduling to obtain significant behaviour change (DuPaul & Stoner, 2003), it is unlikely that the behaviour of a child with ADHD would improve if a teacher reinforced him once or twice daily. Therefore, to enact significant behaviour change in these children, teachers need to increase their use of reinforcement considerably (eg, at least once or twice per task). Future studies should involve the development of training packages designed to inform teachers of the importance of the repeated use of reinforcement, as well as highlighting the effectiveness of frequent use of the remaining management strategies. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://research.acer.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1008&context=tll_misc&httpsredir=1&referer= |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://research.acer.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1008&context=tll_misc |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
