I'm wondering how the concept of this new type of ADHD is moving ahead, or not? In support of individuality, June
Sluggish Cognitive Tempo -- Anyone Have an Opinion on This?
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Article in today's NY Times about adding another type of ADHD. nyti.ms/1qpmy9L
4/20/14
June Pecchia
Owner at Teaching UP: Unlimited Potential
What is the standard speed to which "Sluggish" is being compared? Our children deserve time to daydream, certainly. Wish we had better teacher-to-student ratios in public schools, to address individual pacing. A less expensive alternative would be professional classroom aides to also give individual attention, and to offer the teacher alternative insights about each child. Children are individuals; for best outcomes, we need to help them along with some tolerance of variance in pacing.
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Good points. And, what about time for thoughtful reflection and contemplation? When do bright kids have opportunities for in-depth thinking? Too much of what goes on in schools prompts superficiality. - Unlike
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Lots of aspects of SCT vague at this point, at least to us. There are possibilities for misdiagnosis (my interpretation), as Ellen suggests. The lack of data, as June says. (Although it looks as if June's wishes would face lots of legislation and financial battles, good as they are.)
I was daydreamy as a kid, and look at me now -- trying to adjudicate SCT, a losing proposition. Let me tell you about my favorite childhood books and my daydreams... :-) - Unlike
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My biggest concern is that there are few clearly determined boundaries for any of these things... diagnoses suggest a binary on/off, "you have it or you don't" switch. In reality, we're all operating on a spectrum of some kind - lots of gray - and a lot of professionals seem to misunderstand that "normal" (such as it is) is a moving & highly individual target. I'm not saying we shouldn't have diagnoses or labels or whatever - they are very useful tools for understanding - but I suspect that this one may be a good example of pathologizing perfectly OK behavior.
Corin Barsily Goodwin
CEO & Executive Director, Gifted Homeschoolers Forum
My biggest concern is that there are few clearly determined boundaries for any of these things... diagnoses suggest a binary on/off, "you have it or you don't" switch. In reality, we're all operating on a spectrum of some kind - lots of gray - and a lot of professionals seem to misunderstand that "normal" (such as it is) is a moving & highly individual target. I'm not saying we shouldn't have diagnoses or labels or whatever - they are very useful tools for understanding - but I suspect that this one may be a good example of pathologizing perfectly OK behavior.
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