When a troubled student needs special help in Japan, even today there is still not much organized assistance a school administrator can depend on. ADHD is so new that little public discussion has been made, and few mental health specialists know themselves how to cope with it. What can be done in the schools? And what could the government be doing to provide mental health support, not just for ADHD, but for other emotional illnesses and problems including bullying, increasing levels of young suicides, shocking crimes by teenagers, junior and senior high drug abuse, school dropouts, and other problems that plague Japan's schools? This book explains what is being done in the U.K. and elsewhere to give school administrators the support they often desperately need.

To you as a parent
Offering clear, experienced advice on how parents can recognize whether their child has ADHD, and how to meet the child's special requirements on a daily basis. More

To you as a teacher
Teachers can regain control in the classroom when there are one or more students with ADHD, but it takes new insights and training, as described by Dr. Kewley. More