The Faculty of Nursing at Baghdad University discussed the master’s thesis tagged )Evaluation of Elementary School Teachers’ Knowledge about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (for the student Ashwan Samir Hamed.
The aim of the study is to evaluate elementary school teachers’ knowledge about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in AL-Diwaniyah City. And to find out the relationship between elementary school’s teachers’ knowledge and their demographic characteristics.
The letter also included the thesis to indicate that 68.6% of teachers show a fair level of knowledge about attention deficit hyperactivity disorders (23.90±6.989). Considering the results discussion and their interpretations, the study concludes that the knowledge of the elementary school teachers about attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in AL-Diwaniyah City at a fair level.
The most important recommendations reached by the study: importance to enhance teachers, parents, and community awareness about ADHD through mass media, The nurse, family and teachers should be cooperate to detect what exact problems are facing child with ADHD and give proper intervention , And the estimate that the researcher got privilege.