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ADHD Kindergartener mom fustrated and venting.. any others out there?
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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 461102" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>Hi and welcome (you might want to start a separate thread for your own situation). Some of the things you mention - putting holes in his papers, scribbling, flailing his arms, pulling on a kid's backpack and almost knocking him down, taking his shoes off and refusing to put them back on, spinning in circles, and on the bus and standing on the seat to reach out to other kids - seem to me not that shocking behaviour for a 5 year old. But what do I know - I'm just a lax British woman <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Clearly the school does not understand ADHD enough or take it seriously enough. Your son isn't doing these things because he wants or is choosing to be naughty or disruptive... easier said than done to truly accommodate that, of course, but it is their job (presumably) to do so. Is his teacher sympathetic and can you talk to her/him directly? Can you do what I have done which is bring in material for the teacher to read? You are going to have to fight your son's corner here, it sounds like (and sounds like you are really doing that already). I am not familiar enough with the US system to know but who is responsible for deciding whether an IEP is suitable and for then creating it? </p><p>Hugs. You need and deserve greater understanding and help than you are getting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 461102, member: 11227"] Hi and welcome (you might want to start a separate thread for your own situation). Some of the things you mention - putting holes in his papers, scribbling, flailing his arms, pulling on a kid's backpack and almost knocking him down, taking his shoes off and refusing to put them back on, spinning in circles, and on the bus and standing on the seat to reach out to other kids - seem to me not that shocking behaviour for a 5 year old. But what do I know - I'm just a lax British woman :) Clearly the school does not understand ADHD enough or take it seriously enough. Your son isn't doing these things because he wants or is choosing to be naughty or disruptive... easier said than done to truly accommodate that, of course, but it is their job (presumably) to do so. Is his teacher sympathetic and can you talk to her/him directly? Can you do what I have done which is bring in material for the teacher to read? You are going to have to fight your son's corner here, it sounds like (and sounds like you are really doing that already). I am not familiar enough with the US system to know but who is responsible for deciding whether an IEP is suitable and for then creating it? Hugs. You need and deserve greater understanding and help than you are getting. [/QUOTE]
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