International Science Community Association Research Journal of Recent Sciences 2277-2502 7 7 2018 07 2 Knowledge of Teachers Regarding Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) 19 21 EN Saada Mariem 1 Laboratoire des Plantes Aromatiques et Médicinales, Centre de Biotechnologie de Borj-Cédria (CBBC), BP 901, 2050 Hammam-lif, Tunisia Kasmi Mariam 2 High School of Food Industry of Tunis (ESIAT), University of Carthage,Cité El Khadhra 1003, Tunisia and Laboratoire de Traitement et de Valorisation des Rejets Hydriques (LTVRH), Water Researches and Technologies Center (CERTE), University of Carthage, Tourist route Soliman, BP 273-8020 Nabeul, Tunisia Ben Jemaa Mariem 3 Laboratoire des Plantes Aromatiques et Médicinales, Centre de Biotechnologie de Borj-Cédria (CBBC), BP 901, 2050 Hammam-lif, Tunisia Ksouri Riadh 4 Laboratoire des Plantes Aromatiques et Médicinales, Centre de Biotechnologie de Borj-Cédria (CBBC), BP 901, 2050 Hammam-lif, Tunisia N. Bharadwaj 1 Department of Environmental Science, Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam, India N. Gogoi 2 Department of Environmental Science, Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam, India S. Barthakur 3 National Research on Plant Biotechnology, Pusa Campus, New Delhi, India N. Basumatary 4 Department of Environmental Science, Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam, India Sumedha Chhetri 1 Community Health Nursing, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India Sadhana Kandari 2 Community Health Nursing, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India Monika Khampa 3 Community Health Nursing, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India Neha Pal 4 Community Health Nursing, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India Seema Chaudhary 5 Community Health Nursing, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India Vandana Chauhan 6 Community Health Nursing, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India Preeti Prabha 7 Community Health Nursing, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India > Short Communication 2018 4 30 2018 07 2 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a psychiatric disorder characterised by low level of attention and high level of activity which affect school performance of children. The aim of the present study was to assess the knowledge of primary school teachers regarding ADHD among children. This cross sectional study was done on 47 teachers who were selected by convenient sampling technique from three randomly selected primary schools. Data was collected by self prepared tool, tool has two sections: Section I socio-demographic variables and section II was structured knowledge questionnaire regarding ADHD. Result shows that most of the teachers 62% had average knowledge regarding ADHD. Copyright@ International Science Community Association