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How interactions between ADHD and schools affect educational achievement: a family-based genetically sensitive study - PubMed

How interactions between ADHD and schools affect educational achievement: a family-based genetically sensitive study - PubMed

Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35789088/

doi: 10.1111/jcpp.13656. Online ahead of print. 1 PROMENTA Research Center, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. 2 Centre for Fertility and Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway. 3 Department of Special Needs Education, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. 4 NORMENT, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.


Conclusions: Although ADHD symptoms and genetic risk tend to hinder achievement, schools where their effects are weaker do exist. Differences between schools in support for children with ADHD should be evened out.