Peace Culture to deal with the scholar and social problems of ADHD children

• Main Author: Silvia Martínez Colodro
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad de Granada 2015-06-01
• Series: Revista de Paz y Conflictos
• Subjects: TDAH; problemas escolares; problemas sociales; paz; convivencia; conflictos
• Online Access: http://revistaseug.ugr.es/index.php/revpaz/article/view/2502

<p>This Reserach Work is focused on social and scholar problems of ADHD (Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) children, provoked for the excess of activity, lack of attention, impulsivity, bad behaviour and the difficulties to solve a problem by themselves. So that, we are going to speak about the social and scholar problems of these children with relation to the peace and the violence, and the importance to solve the conflicts peacefully to improve the scholar coexistence with an education based on a Peace Culture. In order to this, it has collected information through 20 mixed questionnaires in the Granada’s AMPACHICO Association (Association of parents with hyperactive and with a behaviour disorder children and teenagers), record classroom observation and three semi-structured interviews to a mother with an ADHD child, his teacher and the own boy. For this analysis, it has extracted the serious problems of these children and how the influence in the scholar coexistence and social and family environment is underlining the necessity of promoting the Peace Culture in every school.</p>