(2003-09-21) Hartmann Add Schools

Thom Hartmann writes Conventional wisdom is so firmly entrenched in the pathology view of ADHD/ADD that other options are generally not even considered. When the MTA study was done of the relative efficacy of therapy versus medication for schoolchildren, the type, quality, and style of the children's instruction in school wasn't even considered. (In fact the teachers were both paid a stipend and assured explicitly that their performance and the school's teaching styles would not be evaluated in any way.) The result, of course, is predictable. If you're only looking for one thing - in this case, evidence that supports a theory of a mental disorder - then there is little doubt you can easily design studies to find it, even if it's not there. (Educating Kids)