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| Children Handicaps |  Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a changing of activity and attention control for the worse. The problem arises as a child who is being constantly on the go, fidgeting about, has poor concentration, cannot stay still and cannot wait for others. The diagnostic characteristics are: Inattentiveness – very short attention span, over-frequent changes of activity. Overactivity – presents immoderate stirring, especially in situations requiring tranquility, such as classroom work or mealtimes. Impulsiveness – the affected individuals will not wait their turn, they acting rashly, behave themselves reckless and rule breaking.
The problems of this kind impede and start from an early age and they occur under both home and school circumstances. At times, affected pupils display violation of discipline, underachievement at school, troubled sleep, tantrums and might fall into disrepute, even experience accident-proneness.
In the main, students with ADHD attend their local mainstream school, but children with the most extreme needs may have a statement of special educational needs, which is taking into account so as to place them into a special school if necessary.
Behaviour, Emotional and Social Difficulties (BESD):
BESD contains a wide range of difficulties taking in children who are very withdrawn, children with mental health problems, children who are hyperactive, who are unable to control their temper and those who are aggressive or disruptive. Predominantly, children with emotional and behaviour difficulties attend their local mainstream school. Those with the most extreme needs are apt to have a statement and for some, settling in a special school may be regarded as pertinent.
Emotional Disturbance (involves schizophrenia but does not apply to children who are maladjusted in a social context, unless it is defined that they have an emotional disturbance) means a condition showing one or more of the following signs over a long period of time to a certain extent having a negative effect on a child’s academic activity:
- An incapacity for learning that cannot be explained by intellectual, sensory, or health factors;
- An inability to form or maintain tolerable interpersonal relationships with contemporaries and teachers;
- Improper types of behavior or feelings under normal conditions;
- Comprehensive mood of anxiety, sadness or depression; or
- A predisposition to grow physical symptoms or fears concerned with personal or school problems.
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