Yourwellness Magazine Follows Up School’s Expulsion of Eight ADHD Students
London, UK (PRWEB UK) 28 July 2013 -- A private school in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia has expelled eight elementary grade students because they suffer from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), it was reported July 1st 2013. The foster parents of one of the expelled children, Muhannad, have filed a complaint with the Ministry of Social Affairs and the Ministry of Education as well as the ADHD Society. The school said that Muhannad’s problem was in his way of dealing with things in the class. If he did not do his homework, for example, he would misbehave so that the teacher would ask him to leave.
“We told the parents in the beginning of the first semester that Muhannad wouldn’t be able to stay in the school after the semester and they had to find another school,” commented Khalid Al-Fawzan, the principal of the private elementary school that expelled Muhannad. “We decided to expel Muhannad because of his conduct and hostility toward his classmates. He kept upsetting and annoying his classmates to the point that their parents filed a complaint with the school’s administration.” (http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20130701171888)
With this in mind, Yourwellness Magazine explored life after an ADHD diagnosis. According to Yourwellness Magazine, “An ADHD diagnosis can be an overwhelming blow to your emotional wellbeing. On the one hand, there are positive feelings that come out of finally explaining certain behaviours, and there’s comfort in knowing that many of your bad habits are just the result of a different neurological arrangement of brain tissue – it’s just biology! Adjusting to your treatment plan, on the other hand, can be stressful.” (http://www.yourwellness.com/2013/04/learn-and-educate-life-after-your-adhd-diagnosis/)
Yourwellness Magazine outlined ways to cope with life after an ADHD diagnosis:
1. Go slowly. Take a few days to think about the diagnosis, write down questions for the doctor, and then head back in to ask them and create a treatment plan.
2. Make a personal plan. With the doctor, create a plan based around factors like a healthy diet, exercise, good sleep habits, meditation, coaching and medication. Ask the doctor to explain why he recommends certain factors, and be honest if they don’t appeal.
3. Be prepared. Know the rights that ADHD patients have in the workplace, and read up on ADHD in general.
4. Share delicately. Family and friends will be impacted by ADHD, so they deserve to know. Plus, they can offer support.
To find out more, visit the gateway to living well at http://www.yourwellness.com, or read the latest issue online at http://latestissue.yourwellness.com.
Michael Kitt, Yourwellness Publishing Ltd, http://www.yourwellness.com, 0208 588 9553, [email protected]
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