Browsing by Author "Dima, Oliver"

Aim of the study. The aim of the study is to find out what kind of tools novice teachers have to support students with ADHD symptoms. This study aims to find out how much novice teachers know about ADHD and the challenges it brings to the students with ADHD. The research examines the tools, that novice teachers use to support students with ADHD symptoms and the solutions they have found out to be the most useful in supporting students with ADHD. The study also focuses on the co-operation between school staff and student’s parents, and evaluates the key aspects behind succesful co-operation, that provides the best possible help for the student with ADHD symptoms. Methods. This research is conducted as a qualitative interview research. The interviews were conducted as half-structured theme interviews. The interviews were transcribed and the findings from the interviews was compared to previous studies. Five primary school teachers with less than five years of experience participated in the interviews. Results and conclusions. This research found out, that good co-operation between school and student’s home supports students with ADHD symptoms. The key to good co-operation is active communication between the different stakeholders. According to this research, novice teachers have a good acknowledge of ADHD and the challenges it brings, but the novice teachers believe, that they don’t have enough knowhow on how to provide the best possible support. Good knowledge about the students was considered important and the most important factor in supporting students was to provide clear written instructions and to have a good structure when providing the assignments and when planning the studies.