Q1. For your own discipline, what additional information would you need to be able to understand the dilemma of Buddy's ADHD?
Q2. What background information might you need about Appalachian individuals' beliefs and values regarding health in general and ADHD in particular? How might you find the information?
Q3. What do you see as the unique role for your discipline in working with Buddy?
Q4. What other disciplines do you believe might be helpful in this situation? How might you work most appropriately with those professionals?
Q5. How might your own cultural background, experience, or values impact assessment and care in this situation?
Q6. Why do you think there was such a difference of perspectives between the parents and the school? How might this difference be resolved?
Q7. How does the school organization differ from medical organizations? What impact does this difference have in this situation?
Q8. What if the client were from a different ethnic, racial, or socioeconomic background? How might care differ, for example, for someone who is Chinese American? An observant Jew?