Keith:
I know that your ideas are a very responsible representation of the current “scientific” paradigm about ADHD. But, we are offering a new kind of paradigm here on this site.
On this site we are not writing about “managing” or “thriving with” ADHD. We don’t offer a “world of difference” for those who will continue to have ADHD.
We don’t believe that ADHD (or any of the range of Developmental Disorders such as Dyslexia, APD, GDD, PDD, etc. . ) are medical or psychological. We do think they are truly conditions which affect the lives of those who have those symptom sets, but we think the problems are cultural.
We recognize these Developmental Disorders are neurodevelopmental disorders, but we think the cause and the remediation of these conditional are in the natural world rather than in the medical or psychological world.
Our modern cultural development has changed our environment and changed the conditions in which we mature. Based on these changes, there are some sensitive individuals who have difficulty going through the normal developmental process. Because their developmental process is affected, they tend to have some symptoms which are used in the current scientific paradigm to diagnose their developmental disorders.
What we have discovered (in our private practice) with children with a variety of Developmental Disorder diagnoses is that when we can get their developmental process back on track, they proceed normally through their developmental process and those symptoms (resulting from the developmental blockage) disappear. This site is an introduction to this conceptual frame.
Paradigms are developed to explain the available facts. One of the problems with any paradigm is that if you are in the paradigm, it is difficult to be open minded about the limitations of the paradigm or to be open to a newer paradigm which explains more facts about the situation.
The current paradigm about Developmental Disorders explains many of the facts about the various conditions and diagnoses. And based on that paradigm many researchers and practitioners try to develop treatment programs for those diagnoses (these symptom sets). But the limitations of the current paradigm limit the treatments to “managing” and “living with” the conditions.
The problems with the current paradigm(s) about Developmental Disorders are that none of them have a clear-cut definition of what drives the developmental process forward, what causes the interruption of the developmental process, or what causes the developmental process to get re-engaged. So, inside the current paradigm the blockage to the developmental process cannot be prevented and if a child has a blockage that child’s developmental process cannot be re-engaged.
The current paradigm is organized around “managing” the conditions and “living with” the conditions. This is certainly an excellent paradigm to work with until a paradigm comes along which does solve these conditions. BUT, you have to be open to that new paradigm when it does come along.
I’m offering observations here about what we theorize is blocking the developmental process. Based on our working theory with children in our private practice, we see children re-engage their developmental process and get back on track. As they get back on track, their symptoms disappear without having to “manage” those symptoms.
I invite you to have a conversation with me about the problems in your current paradigm and to be open-minded about what could happen if children with ADHD (or other Developmental Disorders) are able to re-engage their normal and natural developmental process.
Rodger Bailey, MS
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