ABSTRACT
Attention deficits are among the most common sources of maladaptive behaviour during the school years. Once children are adopted, they are more likely to have a smoother course of education, as it is less probable that they will change schools so frequently. Furthermore, they may have better access to diagnostic educational assessments, and they will usually have more consistent input from their adoptive parents than they would have had while moving from foster home to foster home and from school to school. For most Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder/Attention Deficit Disorder (ADHD/ADD) adopted/looked after children though, just being among so many others and trying to comply with school and social rules can be too much to handle. Knowing about the many similarities of ADHD/ADD children and about adopted/looked after children can be beneficial for a teacher because, if nothing else, it can provide a point of entry in dealing with the behaviour.
