It is very worrying to see that teachers in schools are not really prepared during their studies to be able to handle or recognize certain learning disabilities. Even when a child are then diagnosed, no support system are in place to effectively assist learners and the parents of that learners. As the public,including ( parents, teachers,governing bodies and even school psycologists), we are very uninformed and sometimes ignorant towards a very troubling learning disability called ADD or ADHD. I dread to think how many children are suffering from this and are alone in that place of uncertainty, confusion and pain.I would know, because my boy turned from a lovely toddler to a scared and sad boy. Reason: nobody understood, his moods and inability to read it understand things at the same level as others. Painfull things were said to him, so much that I felt the pain that he carried around in him.
I took him to specialists and he was diagnosed with ADD. He is on medication now. Might be a bit late cause I was told he cannot progress to grade six this year even though he passed his third term after he started his meds, having failed term one and two.
At least his better now, no thanks to any system ( which I think failed him and maybe hundreds more).
It is very worrying to see that teachers in schools are not really prepared during their studies to be able to handle or recognize certain learning disabilities. Even when a child are then diagnosed, no support system are in place to effectively assist learners and the parents of that learners. As the public,including ( parents, teachers,governing bodies and even school psycologists), we are very uninformed and sometimes ignorant towards a very troubling learning disability called ADD or ADHD. I dread to think how many children are suffering from this and are alone in that place of uncertainty, confusion and pain.I would know, because my boy turned from a lovely toddler to a scared and sad boy. Reason: nobody understood, his moods and inability to read it understand things at the same level as others. Painfull things were said to him, so much that I felt the pain that he carried around in him.
I took him to specialists and he was diagnosed with ADD. He is on medication now. Might be a bit late cause I was told he cannot progress to grade six this year even though he passed his third term after he started his meds, having failed term one and two.
At least his better now, no thanks to any system ( which I think failed him and maybe hundreds more).
Thank you for this playform.