subject: Guidelines On Raising A Son With ADHD - What Every Parent Needs To Know [print this page] Guidelines On Raising A Son With ADHD - What Every Parent Needs To Know
I have just read a blog post from a mother who has a son with ADHD and the private school he has been attending for over nine years wants to expel him! In order to avoid situations like that arising, follow this advice. If you have a son with ADHD, make sure that you are doing everything possible to ensure that he is getting the education he needs and that the school he is attending is prepared to help him. That is a basic human right and is enshrined in the constitution.
If your son has ADHD then you should seek advice from the PAA which stands for the Protection and Advocacy Agency and also The Parent Training and Information Center which is in every US state. These will help you to get a proper evaluation for your child and also tell you what he is entitled to under the Section 504 or an IES. Different rules apply from state to state.
The above story struck me as rather strange in that there did not seem to be any problems of any note. There were no incidences due to misbehaviour or they did not seem to be any academic problems.
Certainly the woman's son said that he was getting behind with his schoolwork. It seems very strange indeed that these problems should arise now and that the only solution will be expulsion!
While everything should be done to ensure that the child is mainstreamed there are also things to look out for so that his learning disabilities or behavior problems are not going to interfere with his learning or indeed with the learning going on in that class. Simple measures like seating position, being near a helpful brighter student, help with assigning homework and breaking it down into smaller segments will all help. At the same time, the child does not feel that he is being discriminated against and that is going to be so important.
In addition, there should be an agreement between the teacher and the parents about a behavior management plan. The same behavior problems should be dealt with consistently and there are behavior management techniques at home to ensure that the son with ADHD knows the difference between acceptable behavior and that which is just not tolerated.
In a recent Consumer Report survey, 17% of parents transferred their son with ADHD to another better equipped and more ADHD friendly type of school elsewhere. A definite improvement was noted. It was well worth the change.
The final and most important thing to bear in mind is that we should do all we possibly can to implement a behavior therapy at home so that child is learning how to differentiate between the various types of behavior. He will also learn how to cope and manage daily tasks and even get through the homework without too much hassle.
Have you considered an alternative treatment to ADHD meds which are nothing more than amphetamines? Well, thousands of parents have done just that and they have never looked back. If you have a son with ADHD, why not find out how they did it and what were the results.
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