| Summary: | The purpose of this study is to examine how educators in preschool and kindergarten handle children with ADHD diagnosis or concentration difficulties. Are the educators based on a special way of working with these children? We have chosen to use the theory of Vygotskijs sociocultural perspective. We have also chosen to carry out the study with a qualitative method by doing six interviews and two observations at a preschool we choose to call ́Sommarängen. We believe that these methods are the optimal ones to obtain the answers to our questions. Our questions focus on how educators based on their experiences and knowledge create environments and working methods that can either promote or inhibit children with ADHD diagnosis or concentration difficulties, and if it is possible to discover signs of ADHD before diagnosis is made and in such cases, in what way may it appear? The main result of this study is that there were differences in the respondents' answers about their thoughts on diagnosing children already in preschool age. The results show that the preschool teachers had common opinion that children with ADHD diagnosis have greater opportunities for support and thanks to that early efforts can be made for future schooling. However, the child caregiver had other thoughts about the diagnosis and claim preschool teachers should be careful about placing children in compartments and that it could have negative consequences for the child in the future. A common response was that materials and environments were central to helping children with ADHD or concentration difficulties in their daily lives.
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