Leren in vrijheid

by David Keirsey

The reason I speak of a hoax in the case of "attention deficit disorder" is that there is no such "mental disorder" to "diagnose" and "treat." And the reason I speak of a great hoax is that the less competent medical practitioners use this phony "diagnosis" as a warrant to "treat" millions of [...]

by John Breeding, Ph.D.

Alice, the mother of a seven-year-old son, Nathan, recently visited my office for a counseling session. Nathan had reportedly been different and difficult from the beginning: exhibiting early seizure-like activity, a most challenging temperament, great sensitivity to various types of stimulation, intense frustration, aggressive tantrums, and other apparent developmental difficulties. Alice had [...]

by Jan Hunt

My heart goes out to those children who have been labeled "ADHD" ("attention-deficit and hyperactivity disorder"), the latest "learning disability" label. Many educators and researchers now believe that these children and their families have been profoundly deceived by the use of these labels. Dr. Thomas Armstrong, a former learning disabilities specialist, changed professions [...]

by Jan Hunt and Naomi Aldort

After close observation of their own children, with a combined age of 61 years, observations of many other children in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Israel, Greece, Italy, Swiss, France, Holland, Belgium, England, Scotland, and the Bahamas, and numerous reports throughout recorded history, the authors have determined that a widely-distributed behavioral [...]

Het dilemma van ouders

Er zijn maar weinig families en leerkrachten van wie het leven niet op de één of andere manier verstoord is door het op grote schaal voorschrijven van bewustzijnsveranderende psychiatrische drugs aan kinderen. In de VS worden deze psychiatrische drugs, volgens de huidige schattingen, aan bijna zes miljoen [...]