Applying Educational Accommodation for ADHD Pupils: Teachers and Parents Perspectives

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the disorders that threaten the learning quality of the students. The study aims to identify the degree of application of educational accommodations for students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in primary schools from teachers and parents' perspectives. Data have been collected from two samples: 70 primary school teachers and 62 parents of students with ADHD in the Eastern Province and Riyadh, who were chosen randomly. The results showed that there were statistically significant differences between the teachers’ and parents’ perspectives. In the degree of application of educational adaptations for this category of students, it came in favor of teachers. The results showed that there were statistically significant differences in the degree of application of adaptations according to the gender variable, which came in favor of female teachers, and the results also showed that there were no statistically significant differences between schools in terms of supported services for application of educational adaptations for students with ADHD.