Teachers feel ‘unprepared’ for ADHD students in the classroom, according to study

Teachers in secondary schools around the country will be shortly sent a questionnaire on their experiences of teaching children with ADHD, as preliminary findings show teacher training colleges did not prepare many of them for the task.

Andrea Ní Loinsigh of NUI Galway is undertaking a study of the impact of ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) in the lives of adolescent girls between the ages of 14 and 18.

So far, 60 teachers who taught children with an ADHD diagnosis have participated in the study, while adolescents have also been interviewed.