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Both rockrose and jdtm give possible answers. Let me give a third possibility (and there could be more). I post a lot on the ADHD forum. This certainly has the symptoms of someone with ADD. A person with ADD can easily be missed by the teacher - especially if the child has decent intelligence and is a nice kid. Its the hyper ones that always get noticed by the teacher.
Thanks, I'll check out those links.
He was diagnosed by a psychologist, and we had to have the teacher fill out a questionnaire as well as my husband and I. So far his behaviour in class seems to be doing pretty well, but he's having a bit of a tough time focusing. His behaviour at daycare is up and down. Some days he's fine, other days he won't listen to the teachers and will be just saying no to them when they are asking him to do something.
t let them figure out without direction. For kids with ADHD, doing homework is hell! I can understand his frustration.
I am amazed by the comments of his LCSW. These comments are classical and indicate that something needs to be done - not just written off. A social worker could have a good understanding of what ADHD kids need if they have been in practice for years and have clients with ADHD. However, I think that you may need - or will need - more professional help.
Hi there,
My daughter suffers from ADHD, she is super sweet & in 3rd grade now, she was diagnosed when she was in 2nd grade. I am not sure how your son is, but I can explain how my daughter is with & w/out Concerta, she just recently started focalin to help with homework. My husband was completely against it & now understands it & even asks me if I gave her the medication the days we for forget.
It sounds like you are the only one who tries to change his behavior and also the only one who makes him do his homework. Combine this with the fact that he MAY have ADHD, which just makes everything that much tougher for you (and him).
My first suggestion is to find out a little bit more about ADHD and how it affects kids. If he does have ADHD, it does change how to work with him and also explains a lot of his actions.
A friend of mine has an 8 year old daughter diagnosed with adhd. She is on medication but I'm not sure the name of it. In school she refuses to do her work, she refuses to do her homework. Homework last about 3 hours, however she only has about 1/2 an hour of work. She has this attitude that she doesn't have to do what everybody else has to do. When everyone else in her class are doing their work, she just sits at her desks and disrupts the class.
Can he do several problems in a row without losing his concentration. Does he have a clue how to do his homework? When he was doing his homework, did it take him a lot longer than the other kids in his class?
If a child is doing poorly in school - ie. everytime they are called on, they have the wrong answer. Every test or quiz they take, they fail it. It doesn't take too long to start hating school and want to stay home.
Hawthorn, Conners, and abbreviated ADHD scale. With this they were able to diagnose ADHD. I had asked for a more thorough test like WISC III however, since he didn't show a learning disability... his psychiatrist had told me this would be out of pocket.
He has been on meds for a little over a month and he has said he can complete the projects, reading and math with much more focus and ease (he's in all advance classes).
I'm not suggesting that you get meds.
t take 2 to 3 hours for homework. Homework is practice and review, especially at 8 yrs old. Let her teacher know how long it is taking her even if you believe she knows the answers and is just being difficult. there could be more to that piece of this than just being difficult. She could have a learning issue or a neurological issue/learning issue.
I have a 7 year old daughter who is borderline add/adhd. The doctor she is seeing has put her on a medicine called Focalin. She started out at the lowest dose, 5 mg. She is now taking 15 mg. The strange thing is, when she first started taking this medicine, things seemed to be going better. The doctor changed it to 15 mg last month, and it seemed as though it was completely taken away. Instead of the increase helping her, it seemed to all of us that we were back to square one.
He keeps on losing focus during school and homework is horriable. Something that should take him 20 min to do it sometimes takes him 2 hours. His teacher and I have been speaking and she feels that if he just focus on what he needs to do he will be fine. His writing skills are not that good and his 6 years old brother has been penmaship then he does. I had him tested for ADD/ADHD in 2nd grade and that is not the case. I don't know what to do.
My 7 year old son was diagnosed last year with ADHD and OCPD and was put on Stratera. He has improved greatly with his Hyperactivity and is now able to control it himself therefore we took him off the medication. Now we are having other issues with him forgeting and losing things that most of us wouldn't. He will forget his homework at school or forget to turn it in after it is completed. Once in awhile this happening I wouldn't be too concerned but this happens on an almost daily basis.
//www.additudemag.com/search/keyword/Homework%20and%20Test%20Help.html
as well as a lot of other very good tips for working with AD/HD kids.
Finally, recent studies have shown that just medication is nowhere as effective as medication and counseling. Has he had any help in understanding what ADHD is, how it affects him, and how to cope with it. The meds are not a magic bullet and there are a lot of other things that need to go along with it.
Hope some of this helps.
At the suggestion of my sister (a special needs teacher) I had his pediatrician test him for ADD/ADHD back in May. He passed the tests - his doctor told me he was a long way from having ADD or ADHD. He said he was simply immature and that he would out grow it. However, just 2 days into this school year (2nd grade) and he brought home a note yesterday from his teacher telling me how he took TWO HOURS to do one page that they worked on in class. The class had 30 min.
My son has a number of situations lately that involve stealing from his family, stealing candy from the grocery store, lying to us and his teacher and the principal. He found a pocket knife in his brothers room and took it to school, that same day found a cigarette lighter at the bus stop and got caught with both of them at school. He can't seem to get his homework finished. He brings tons of papers home, we check them and send them back...
Gets good grades has trouble keeping hands to himself. Hates homework says he will outlaw it. You tell him one thing he does the opposite . the only thing that gets his attention is a paddle or fly swatter. Taking a adult blood pressure pill to control symptons 1 mg guanfacine. My wife and I are about crazy . This is our 3 rd son , we have a 28 and a 24 year old normal kids. Help !!!!!!
I have a 16 year old daughter who is a Junior in high school diagnosed with ADHD (Attention type) in elementary school and OCD and processing issues at the end of Middle School. She has tried every imaginable medication for both and due to adverse side effects ranging from incapacitating fatigue to personality changes she vehemently refuses to take any medication. And to be honest, I don't blame her.
My child has no less then 3 hours of homework every night. I can not keep up as a parent with 2 other children nor do I even understand most of the work. I feel its over the top and I know its not working. Not to say stop the homework but lighting the load. I am having great resistance from teachers about this. My child is in 6th grade and Im doing the homework. How can I be helped?
Hello sandman, u have well said in answering my earlier questions. Yes we do take ADHD session regularly and very seriously. My lad is very mature and good at all other things now except for his interest in studies. I want to start from scratch. Please tell me how and what should I begin. Let me tell you, my son is intelligebt enough if I try to teach him or make him say study stuff while playing also. He directly tell me, are you telling me a story or teaching me.
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