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This paper argues that Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) should be viewed as a dysfunctional relationship between an individual with certain predispositions and an environment which generates certain expectations, demands, and reactions. The paper presents a model in which: ADHD behaviors result from a combination of inherent neurological factors interacting with environmental circumstances and demands; relevant aspects of the individual's inherent biochemical nature may have been determined by either hereditary or environmental factors or both; ADHD behaviors may be alleviated most effectively by attending to both the individual and the environment; and ADHD students will succeed best when teachers and schools try to meet the needs of these students rather than merely trying to fit them into a rigid system, while considering the usefulness of medication. The paper then presents a systems-theory approach to educating ADHD students. Ten ways that whole language classrooms may be particularly beneficial for ADHD students are discussed. The paper also describes additional ways of providing the kinds of structure that ADHD students need, an example illustrating a whole language approach to behavior problems, and low-cost but high-efficiency support services that the school might provide to ADHD students and their teachers. (49 references) (JDD)

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert