Schools for adhd kids
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Most little kids won't sit still for very long, that's why most schools incorporate a lot of ways for kids to learn while they are playing. My DD doesn't like to sit still either at school and I was told that the worst thing the school could do was force her to sit down. She actually takes in a lot of info while observing from the side. We've noticed her repeating the information she learned back at us at home.
Is on Vivanse (for adhd) and has also started with forced eye movements and odd movements (twitches) of his head. Discipline in the past has consisted of parents having reached their limit and been somewhat extremely loud and vocal with him which only infuriates him and the 'match is on'. What is going on? All parties involved need some help and advise before this continues much longer. Thank you.
First, it is common practice when you are quoting an article as you did in the first post to say where you got the article from. That way others have a chance to see where that info came from.
Second, the schools are getting federal assistance for special education because it is mandated that they provide assistance for those children who qualify. If they were not getting special funding, those children would not be getting the help they need.
the psychiatrist did evalution and it seem that her normal development got even more behind than it was 3 years ago with previous evaluation. Now they recommend a special school for kids with learning problems/ADHD or a private school. I cant afford a private school so I started looking at a school well known for helping kids with ADHD. The problem is that this school are about 100km from us so that would mean we have to put her in boarding school.
Have we all as parents just given up on raising our children and let the pharmacuetical companies do that for us? We have allowed schools to pressure us into medicating our children so that their jobs can be made easier, which is why I have homeschooled my wrongly diagnosed son, and not just one diagnosis, but many, which were all wrong, but they sure did try to throw out as many as they could. I know there are some children that do truely need medication, but the other 90% DO NOT.
There is no correct number when it comes to how many kids out of whatever number have ADHD. There is no known cause for ADHD. It is believed that it is genetic. I know mine is. My mother has it. ADHD is also more prevalent in the US than in other parts of the world.
It sounds to me that you are saying that it's not possible for this many kids to have ADHD. And you also think that it should be treated with behavior modification instead of medication. In so cases that may be true.
//www.additudemag.com/slideshows/books-for-adhd-kids-who-hate-reading/
And finally here are two links on adhd/add that will give you an overall view.
https://www.additudemag.com/slideshows/symptoms-of-inattentive-adhd/
http://www.chadd.org/Understanding-ADHD/About-ADHD.aspx
I hope this helps. Best wishes!
My daughter is 10 and since 2 has had behaviour problems . Every one won't help adhd won't get diagnosed because she is semi settled at scool despite getting out her seat umpteen times a day. She can not interact with other kids cause her attitude stops their interest to play with her and home life is a nightmare she won't do a thing I ask and thrives on winding my other two children up ...
That is very true. If you are in the states, there are laws that actually protect your son and guarantee his education. If he does not work out in a mainstream school, they MUST provide alternate schools for him. INCLUDING transportation. So, our city, for example, has a school for kids that have struggles such as your son. It's about 30 minutes from us.
//www.medhelp.org/add-adhd/slideshows/9-Worst-Foods-for-ADD---Plus-1-That-Can-Help/20
also check out - http://www.medhelp.org/add-adhd/slideshows/8-ADHD-Culprits-Lurking-in-Your-Home/21
I believe from my years of posting on the ADHD forum, that the single most important thing that you can do is to become an expert in ADHD because you are going to probably become the single most important change agent in his life (outside of meds). You will become his advocate in school.
What kind of a doctor did you see for him in 6th grade who said its not ADHD? Was it just a general practitioner? His symptoms sound very much like ADD, not ADHD. In fact, I would not be at all surprised to see this happening at his age if he has ADD. Some kids keep the anxiety bottled up inside of them, and others turn to drugs and worse to deal with it.
is so clever but ALL of his teachers in the “New kids” assessment said “Absent minded” “Unable to focus” “Has to be told several times.” Now he could just be a dreamer like I was or it could be his emotional state (being 9 and not 11). We are trying to avoid going to a Clinical psychologist who will tell us he is FREAKING ADHD (every child is diagnosed with this if he dares to get bored in Maths!) But at the end of the day we want whats best for him.
My son is a sophomore in high school, and has been struggling with his ADHD (and grades) since 7th grade. We got him tested in 6th grade, and his tests came back positive for ADHD (which explains the constant drumming of his fingers, fidgeting in his seat, and tapping his feet). After trying different medication, he entered middle school in 7th grade and did great academically, bringing home all A's and B's!!
See about getting a 504 or an IEP based on what your psyc says. Then see what kind of counseling they have. A big thing for kids of his age is getting along with the doctor - and the college setting (could be a group thing) might be a better fit.
I have well over 300 individual links to specific or general topics. Can you give me a hint as to what you are most interested in or what is the most pressing issue.
That he will not be penalized if he does not know all his letters or numbers, etc. Kids with ADHD have trouble memorizing because their attention wanders. If the letters, numbers, etc. can be made into a fun game it will be more helpful. In my last post to you, I said the school needs to know about him and they need to reduce the pressure on him.
Here are two links that may help you. The first is just basic parenting ideas.
He also has adhd(diagnosed at age 6). He takes vyvanse 40m. for adhd, risperdone 1m. for mood disorder, and clonidine 0.2 for insomnia. He has motor ticks such as blinking his eyes ,shaking his head, twitching his shoulders,claps his hands or taps an object with his hands. He just started doing a skipping thing when he walks. Is this a tic? All of the motor tics i just mentioned are constant. The vocal tics he makes are sniffing, clearing his throat, and humming.
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