Diagnosens vara eller icke vara : En kvalitativ studie om speciallärares/specialpedagogers syn på fenomenen ADHD och DAMP

Sammanfattning: Aim & Questions at issue The aim of our study is to study how special teachers/special educationalists in schools of Stockholm look at the phenomenon ADHD/DAMP. We have looked into their view on the diagnose, compared to the two different kinds of research visions about the diagnosis who are known in Sweden today. How do the special teacher/special educationalist work with the diagnosed children? This is our questions at issue: • Is there any optimal learning situation for children with ADHD/DAMP? • Is there something that distinguish all children with ADHD/DAMP? • What is positive and negative about giving the diagnose ADHD/DAMP to children? • Is there any external factors that influence that there is so many more children today who has been given a diagnose? • How does special teachers/special educationalists look on amfetamin-treatment? Method We have done qualitative interviews with special teachers/special educationalists in the city area of Stockholm. These have been worked up one by one and then been compared and evaluated together. Result All special teachers/special educationalists mentioned that when you educate children with ADHD/DAMP, a structured life underlies the possibility for the children to provide knowledge. It’s also of importance to vary the way of working to make the children concentrate and keep their interest. If there is any general optimal learning solution for children with ADHD/DAMP is hard to say at the time when the answer we have been given are prominent distinguish. The same ambiguity was the question of characteristic among these children but most of the special teachers/special educationalists considered “ants in their pants” as a common factor. All special teachers/special educationalists were uninterested of the diagnoses it self. They considered all children with special needs should be given some kind of help. Most of them didn’t mention any positive things about a diagnose from the children’s point of view but from the schools perspective a diagnose can lead to bigger resources compared to a children without a diagnose. The stress in society affects the number of diagnosed children. The special teachers/special educationalists had a positive thought about treatment with amphetamine if it is combined with other methods. Conclusion The different kinds of answers we have got in our study shows that there is no common direction between the special teacher/special educationalist pertain the subject ADHD/DAMP.