Jon Jolly

my life and youth work…

Entries Tagged ‘medication’

Youth Work Now

Before Christmas I was contacted by the monthly publication Youth Work Now to write an opinion piece for the January issue of the magazine. I decided to base my article on a post I wrote back in November about findings of ADHD medication. Here is my piece that was published in the magazine today:
Drugs don’t [...]

Drugs for ADHD ‘not the answer’

Ever since I started out in youth work, I’ve dealt with children and teens who had behaviour problems and hyperactive tendencies. In most cases the family circumstances exacerbated the situation as they weren’t in a position to support the child’s needs. Invariably those individuals got diagnosed with ADHD (Attention Defecit Hyperactivty Disorder) and were started [...]