Knowledge and Feelings of Competence with Regard to ADHD Among Support Staff in All-Day Primary Schools
- (1) Background: Schools report a high number of schoolchildren with poor attention and hyperactive behavior, with 5% being diagnosed with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This causes specific problems during homework and classroom times, and the extension of all-day schooling in German primary schools makes this a challenge for support staff working in the after-school programs. Such staff have a very wide variety of qualifications, ranging from no formal teacher training to full teaching qualifications. (2) Methods: This study documents the knowledge of 196 support staff working in all-day primary schools about ADHD, and their subjective view of whether they feel competent with regard to homework situations in general and ADHD in particular. (3) Results: Those with an educational background have significantly more knowledge than those without such a background, staff feel less prepared to supervise children with ADHD, and there is a small but significant correlation here with knowledge about ADHD. (4) Conclusions: The importance of trained pedagogical staff in the supervision of children with concentration problems is emphasized.
Verfasserangaben: | Holger Domsch, Martina Ruhmland, Ilka Lissmann |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:836-opus-138246 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.25974/fhms-13824 |
DOI der Erstveröffentlichung: | https://doi/org/10.3390/su13073696 |
Titel des übergeordneten Werkes (Englisch): | Sustainability |
Verlag: | MDPI |
Dokumentart: | Beitrag in einer (wissenschaftlichen) Zeitschrift |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Datum der Veröffentlichung (online): | 28.06.2021 |
Jahr der Erstveröffentlichung: | 2021 |
Betreiber des Publikationsservers: | FH Münster - University of Applied Sciences |
Datum der Freischaltung: | 28.06.2021 |
Fachbereiche: | Sozialwesen (SW) |
open_access (DINI-Set): | open_access |
Publikationsliste: | Domsch, Holger |
Lizenz (Deutsch): | Creative Commons - Namensnennung (CC BY 4.0) |