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If you have ADHD -- or if you're a parent, teacher, or friend of someone who has ADHD -- you will most likely enjoy Project June Bug, a new novel by Jackie Minniti. Jackie is a former teacher who worked extensively with ADHD students. She has used her classroom experiences as the basis for Project June Bug, a book that combines the elements of a self-help book with the readability of a novel.
Jenna Bianchi, the young teacher who is the novel's main character, is sympathetic. She loves being a teacher, works hard, and cares about the kids. Teachers will appreciate the validation, and some parents will be helped to better empathize with a teacher's situation. This parent-teacher partnership is vital when it comes to helping the ADHD student, and Project June Bug helps foster that connection. I admired Jenna's commitment and integrity to her first charge, educating her students, even risking her career to do so.
I also liked the way Minniti presented the interplay between the teacher and parents, with the student caught in the middle. Given that ADHD is 76 percent heritable, chances are good that at least one parent of a child with ADHD has ADHD him or herself. Chances are also good that this parent is in denial and can become, for the teacher (and the child, too) a real "problem parent."
Like the father in the book, the parent might over-identify with their child's challenges but refuse to pursue treatment, instead blaming all the child's problems on the school or teacher. Or the parent might simply be incapable of seeing the problem or giving their child enough structure -- mainly because they lack it themselves. Trying to help a child in this situation can place the teacher in a very tough position, and Minniti does a great job of portraying this complex dynamic as Jenna tries to help her student, while at the same time attempting to diplomatically break through to his father.
I especially appreciated how Jenna delicately reached out to the student's mother, a woman trying to walk the thin line between her son's problems and her husband's reluctance to acknowledge them. The public is grossly unaware of the difficulties associated with Adult ADHD, particularly for the partners of adults with unrecognized ADHD. These individuals see and feel the full brunt of the behaviors, and are often depressed and isolated as a result. They know something's wrong, but they don't know what. And, sometimes, they have been convinced by their ADHD partner that they are the problem. Jenna's efforts in reaching out to this conflicted parent was crucial in breaking through that isolation and helping this family to heal.
In Project June Bug, readers get a realistic picture of a teacher's life with all its rewards and frustrations. And as they follow Jenna in her quest to make a difference in the life her student, they'll also learn some common-sense strategies that can help any student with ADHD.
If you scan the reader comments posted to Internet articles on ADHD, you'll see the widely repeated myth that "schools just want to diagnose kids with ADHD and give them drugs so they don't have to teach or manage them." The story behind why these myths persist is complicated.
in reality, though, I've heard just the opposite for years: parents whose children are flunking out of college or unemployable in their early twenties (or older) lament that the school never mentioned the possibility that their child might have ADHD. They did their best to prop them up for years, but with high school graduation ends that ability. So many opportunities were lost, and when these folks realize that real help was available all along, they are often grief-stricken by the idea that they've failed their children.
I wish these parents had been able to read Project June Bug years ago.
ADHD is not a "controversial" diagnosis. It is accepted as a valid medical diagnosis by every major medical body in at least 53 countries. But nothing gets across "fact" better than a good story, and Project June Bug does just that.
Gina Pera

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