Kids on Speed?

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$80.00
SKU:
DVD-0526
Weight:
0.10 KGS
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Calculated at Checkout
Content Type:
TV Documentary Series
Year Levels:
10-12
Learning Areas:
Health and Physical Education
Learning Areas:
HASS (History)
Learning Areas:
English
Learning Areas:
Psychology
Learning Areas:
Media Studies
Key Themes:
ADHD Myths and Misdiagnosis, Parenting Strategies and Intervention, Stigma and Social Perception, Treatment Paradigms, Resilience and Family Dynamics
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Product Overview

Kids on Speed? is a powerful and revealing observational series following four families battling to cope with children suspected of having – or diagnosed with – ADHD, and the dynamic clinical psychologist who believes his intervention program can change their lives.

A hybrid of observational documentary, factual intervention and social experiment, Kids on Speed? puts four families, with five children suspected of having ADHD, through a cutting-edge intervention program. The stakes are high. The families are at the end of their tethers having been everywhere for help, but to no avail.

Led by dynamic clinical psychologist Professor Mark Dadds, a team of experts are put their reputations on the line as they seek a new treatment gold standard for one of the most stigmatised, misunderstood and misdiagnosed disorders affecting children today: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

Kids on Speed? consists of three 57-minute episodes.