My Web 2.0

It’s always nice when research documents something that a non-researcher, like me, had observed. This week my Google Reader introduced me to an article from the Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology entitled, “Age-related Decline of ADHD Symptoms Disrupted by Middle School”. Most Transition students enter the Middle School from their Transition classes in the Lower School and Woodward North. I think that students in these classes have two or three core teachers at the most. Also, I believe that the Transition classrooms are in close proximity to each other. When Transition students enter the Middle School, they suddenly experience at least five core teachers whose classrooms are on three different floors. This adjustment is stressful for any new 7th grader, but more so for a student with ADHD. I have observed that after a couple of months, most of our 7th grade Transition students have made the adjustment, but it often comes at a price. Students (and parents) often feel lost, confused, and neglected. Now that the problem has been documented, what can we do about it?