Overview
Provides a non-categorical, non-pathological perspective that counters the traditional medical/disability model in today’s schools
Counters the notion that ADHD and LD are responsible for children’s achievement struggles and behavior problems
Demonstrates strategies that advance learning strengths, helping children to gain self-assurance, become self-directed, and experience the sustaining joy from learning and their own achievement
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This book challenges the validity of ADHD, learning disabilities, and dyslexia as meaningful special education "categories" and critically examines the misplaced medical model from which they are derived. The presumption that these disabilities cause school-related problems detracts from identifying factors within the classroom that create and maintain a child’s underachievement and disruptive behavior. Moreover, when the disability is finally named, it provides no functional information that translates into effective coping strategies. Macht delves into the misunderstood structure of these disabilities, pointing out that they are not verifiable disabilities but weak constructs that poorly describe each child’s uniqueness. Finally, he provides an alternative model based on children's strengths rather than their deficiencies, and presents strategies that advance school-related success.
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Book Title: The Medicalization of America's Schools
Book Subtitle: Challenging the Concept of Educational Disabilities
Authors: Joel Macht
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62974-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-62973-5Published: 20 November 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87443-2Published: 24 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-62974-2Published: 08 November 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 243
Topics: Child and School Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Educational Psychology