Many with ADHD may have emotional issues but that's very different than being emotionally disturbed. You may be a special ed teacher but your information is not factual and what you perceive to be an emotionally disturbed child may be something very different. Many times ADHD does not stand alone but the co morbid conditions do not include emotionally disturbed. They can co exist but it takes a specialist in the field of diagnosing and treating these disorders to make a differential diagnosis. Your a special ed teacher who deals with children with many types of disorders but your not a doctor and your observations don't qualify you as one. Your 15 years of experience doesn't qualify you to make a professional diagnosis. Your information is misleading and not accurate. In the public school system, the diagnosis code is emotionally disturbed, learning disabled or other health impaired. The special education team may label the child as emotionally disturbed because they don't have a diagnosis code for bipolar disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, autism, ect

Please read through these forums and get to know how knowledgeable we really are as we are parents and adults that either live ADHD or have a child with ADHD. Again, emotional issues surface as a result of having ADHD but that does not mean the child is emotionally disturbed. To a non professional, symptoms of ADHD can look like emotionally disturbed but there are vast distinctions. That is a very serious label that is on the other end of the spectrum completely so we don't want parents new to this drawing the wrong conclusions.

welcome to this board.thankfully this is a place for many opinions.unfortunately they are considered ameture as this is not a place for professional advice.this is a place to share ideas and get the perspective of others.I see IMHO here alotIn My Humble Opinion.I percieve school staff as DIRECT CARE STAFF.though educators work with the kids everyday is not the same as treating them within the community of doctors and how they come together as a consenses in identifying disorders.ADHD is typical a co-morbid and med approaches treat the most prevalent disorder first then it takes time to adjust the dosages to treat the co- morbid also.during med changes our responses to our feelings are sometimes delayed or intensified . what used to bother us -now is stuffed until it explodes . or something else that we used to feel before we would react to it . so adjusting dosages takes time and IMHO therapy to sort out these chages in our internal feelings and socail QUEs.meds during school hours are so important because getting educated prepares us for adult challenges. what helps us focus and be less disracted during school hours isnt exactly warrented in other environments. so we will see more emotions during school hours .SCHOOL is a restrictive environment and for those not medicated , distraction brings frustrationpoor recall brings embarrassment.

further when a parent of an adhd child knows nothing about adhd .doesnt understand what emotional developement is .may have adhd themselves and thinks their just like me so theres no problem.then yes i can see an emotional neglect emerge . not due to the disorder but to the way that instead having thier troubles dealt with on an emotional level daily to keep in step with thier peers. they keep making the same thinking errors without guidance. but they mature in time like everyone else.hence the "I grew out of it" misnomerthing is if a child is emotionally developed to age 8 but forced to be with 10 year olds that would further compound frustration so we have ADHD , miss matched peers, meds changes , STIMULES meds, clueless parents and teachers - its alot to deal with unknowinly and getting lower in self esteemplease understand that your opinion is wanted here too.
many times manyl teachers really help out and then one just doesnt understand or even try . self esteem is so important that one bad teachers apple can ruin a childs efforts.I'll bring up something else i dont like.when parent has to rush a child through an evaluation to stay in school.or when a parent thinks that even with a diagnosis that the child should not be medicated with amphetimines considering that this an illegal drug taking nation.then the parent is charged with neglect.

On the poitive side teaching all people how to deal with frustation is on the board or at least closer than it was fifty years ago. realizing that emotional maturity is linked to brain growth between 13-18 humans stop reacting physically to resolve problems and start thinking more cognitivly skilled.thats why pot is so wrong for teens it impeped this physical and cognitive development.some teens on pot stay an "emotional teen" the rest of thier livesthats not just for adhd.

unfortunately they are considered ameture as this is not a place for professional advice.

It depends on the topic. Certain advice with regard to educational laws, protocals and diagnosis codes are not opinions but rather factual information that can be verified through the Board of Education. Parents need to have accurate information with regard to such a subject. The subject of this thread is not about many opinions. Information given by the orginal poster was inaccurate and misleading and needed correction.