The first years of school are critical in forming good work habits and attitudes. Erlyne Osburn, an elementary teacher with a background in both public and private schools, is here to help you do everything you can to enhance your child's education. Ritalin continues to be a source of controversy in the education, parenting, and medical communities. For every person that endorses the drug, there is a person who decries its value. Clearly, a consensus has not been reached.
Teachers face many more behavior problems in classrooms today than in years past.
This is, in part, a reflection of society as a whole. Behaviors that were not acceptable years ago are now tolerated, which clearly shows that standards have changed. Teachers have to work much harder at classroom management because there are many children who simply have not been taught, or do not recognize, acceptable behavior. For many of these children, appropriate behavior is not modeled in the home, so they really do not understand what is expected of them in the classroom. In recent years, Ritalin has appeared to help some of these children for whom the label ADHD has been applied.