Students with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are a growing group served under special education services in many Western societies. This article describes the history and current state of the services, as well as the assessment procedure. Our conclusion is that the status of students with ADHD in Finnish basic education (Grades 1 to 9) is still unclear. Based on the comparison of the prevalence and the population served in special education we can assume that this group is probably underserved in the Finnish school system. We also present findings from two recent studies among families with ADHD children in Finland. Family viewpoint can contribute to our knowledge and understanding about the diversity of the symptoms' manifestation as well as the extent and completeness of the possible outcomes of the disorder. In the context of schooling, studying these families' viewpoints can be of additional use in evaluating the present state of school practices in relation to institutional enactments established in educational acts. Future challenges about meeting the variety of pupils' needs according to inclusive pedagogy are discussed.
Children who are high achievers in mathematics are statistically uncommon. For this reason, very little evidence is available on how this group is supported in preschool and later on in school contexts. In Finland, the National Curriculum for Early Childhood Education (FNAE, 2017) and Basic Education ( 2014) requires teachers to cultivate these children's talents. In this paper, 10 families in Finland were studied with the help of netnograpy. The objective was to describe parent's perceptions of the types of support mathematically high-ability students received in the preschool and school context in Finland. The results show that the parents were mostly unsatisfied with the support schools gave to their high-ability children in mathematics, even though these children were recognised in early years as high-ability children. The type/level of support children received to develop their abilities further seemed to be more dependent on their teacher or the teacher's view on the child's needed support in mathematics.
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