Danish Teachers' Conception of Challenging Behaviour and DAMP/ADHD

Autor/in	Holst, Jesper
Titel	Danish Teachers' Conception of Challenging Behaviour and DAMP/ADHD
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 178 (2008) 4, S.363-374 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
Schlagwörter	Hyperactivity; Attention Deficit Disorders; Preschool Children; Foreign Countries; Kindergarten; Teacher Attitudes; Behavior Problems; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Interviews; Classroom Techniques; Knowledge Level; Clinical Diagnosis; Drug Therapy; Denmark + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hyperaktivität; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; ADHS; Aufmerksamkeits-Defizit-Hyperaktivitäts-Störung; Aufmerksamkeitsstörung; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Ausland; Lehrerverhalten; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Klassenführung; Wissensbasis; Dänemark
Abstract	This study examines how teachers of young children in Denmark perceived challenging behaviours in children who have characteristics consistent with Deficit in Attention, Motor Control and Perception (DAMP) or Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). This study was conducted in schools and kindergartens in three demographically different locations in Denmark. Teachers and kindergarten educationalists working with children aged 5-7 were interviewed. The semi-structured interview was focused on teachers' and kindergarten educationalists' attitudes towards and ways of working with preschool- and early-elementary school-age children with general challenging behaviours. More specifically, the interview tapped into the teachers' and kindergarten educationalists' knowledge of DAMP/ADHD, their attitudes towards the diagnosis of DAMP/ADHD, and their perceptions of the use of prescribed medications for preschool-age children. The study indicates that Danish kindergarten educationalists and teachers have a quite limited knowledge about DAMP/ADHD and that they are reluctant to refer for diagnosis and to suggest prescribing medicine to young children. (Contains 4 figures and 1 note.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10