Reading success : a reading intervention for students with ADHD

"Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) affects up to one in ten children aged between six years and seventeen years (NSW Department of Health 2002): up to three students in every class. A significant number of these students also have learning difficulties, with reading problems being the most common. Dealing with the reading problems experienced by students with ADHD is an ongoing task that the classroom teachers and parents of these students are faced with on a daily basis. Concerns are justified, as it is widely accepted that the ability to read is the core of literacy and success in reading is necessary for students to meet the challenges of learning and living in our rapidly changing society (Slee 2004). The intervention presented in this book has been specifically designed to meet the needs of students with ADHD, and their parents and teachers, as each student endeavours to improve their level of reading competence. The current understanding of ADHD is still incomplete, and many aspects remain controversial; however, more recent understanding of the disorder has been used to design this reading intervention."--p. 3.