探究校園過動孩童處遇的另類路徑

作者：龔尤倩（中國文化大學社會福利學系助理教授）

摘要：

Alternative Treatment for Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Author：Yu-Chien Lorna Kung（Assistant Professor, Social Welfare Department, Chinese Culture University）

Abstract：

An increasing number of schoolchildren are now labeled as having “attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)＂ by Taiwanese society. These children seemingly burden the teaching and management of schools but actually reflect the interference of Taiwan’s medical system with school settings, thus challenging the existing education counseling system in the categorizing and treatment of children’s problems. Through physical and mental awareness courses, the activities in this course call attention to the inappropriateness of the medical system for controlling and governing the body using medication. This study served as a record of such courses. The findings indicate that a lack of educational resources and the involvement of mainstream medical mechanisms in schools often leads to the retreat of teachers from their position of the principal teaching facilitator. When the education system fails to allocate relevant resources, teachers are left with the only choice of adopting the medical model for quick intervention. Consequently, these students are subject to a special education assessment test and assigned to a recourse class. The research shows that the combination of teachers and relevant resources is proved conducive to providing children with attention training.

Keywords: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), medicalization, teacher subjectivity, Physical and Mental Awareness Courses

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