A boy's Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is causing problems forhis older brother. Should you intervene to help the older boy orconcentrate on meeting the needs of the younger child? A local authoritycaseworker tells how she managed to help the whole family.
As a caseworker in a children, schools and families department, my roleis to carry out early intervention work that has been directly referredby the school. Last year, I was alerted to the case of a 15-year-oldwhose younger brother had ADHD. The older boy was finding it hard tocope with his brother's behaviour at home and was encountering abusefrom other boys as a result of his brother's behaviour. As a result, hisself-esteem was plummeting and so were his grades. His behaviour wasalso beginning to deteriorate.
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