Purpose: This exercise presents the opportunity to experience what it might be like to be a child who may possibly have ADHD. Labels like ADHD can be both useful and scary for children and their parents.
Instructions: Take an ADHD assessment quiz such as the one at(RESULTS IN ATTACHMENTS), https://psychcentral.com/quizzes/adhd-quiz/ Links to an external site., share your score and outcome.
Then write a 2-3 page paper answering the following questions:
1.Were you surprised by the result?
2.How did you feel if the quiz indicated that you had ADHD?
3.How helpful or hurtful do you think the label of ADHD would be for you?
4.How would you reassure someone with a positive diagnosis?
5.How would you ensure that people with a negative result remain respectful of other scores?
6.How would what you’ve discovered transfer to other disabilities or educational issues?