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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 499471" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>No, not dumb - I don't think Waldorf-Steiner schools are very widely known (though there are quite a few in the States) - here's a link. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldorf_education" target="_blank"></a></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldorf_education" target="_blank">Waldorf education - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a> </p><p></p><p>There is help for ADHD children here but I think a lot of parents of ADHD kids have a hard time getting it understood and accepted by teachers. Certainly J's teacher seems quite dismissive of it, although she did read a book I lent her about it. I have tried to get her to accept that being positive and encouraging with J gets better results than being critical and punitive - she said to me she has found that being positive with him gets the best out of him, but I think a leopard cannot change its spots <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> But if I went to her with a confirmed diagnosis, I know she would take it seriously (she has to, under the system) and they would call a team meeting involving psychiatrist, therapist, etc. We were going to do this and then she said there was no point as J was doing so well and making good progress... Fine, if that is the case. Realistically, we would only start really taking things seriously if he starts struggling at school - which would happen, if it is going to happen, in the first year of formal school (the equivalent of your grade 1).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 499471, member: 11227"] No, not dumb - I don't think Waldorf-Steiner schools are very widely known (though there are quite a few in the States) - here's a link. [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldorf_education"] Waldorf education - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/URL] There is help for ADHD children here but I think a lot of parents of ADHD kids have a hard time getting it understood and accepted by teachers. Certainly J's teacher seems quite dismissive of it, although she did read a book I lent her about it. I have tried to get her to accept that being positive and encouraging with J gets better results than being critical and punitive - she said to me she has found that being positive with him gets the best out of him, but I think a leopard cannot change its spots :) But if I went to her with a confirmed diagnosis, I know she would take it seriously (she has to, under the system) and they would call a team meeting involving psychiatrist, therapist, etc. We were going to do this and then she said there was no point as J was doing so well and making good progress... Fine, if that is the case. Realistically, we would only start really taking things seriously if he starts struggling at school - which would happen, if it is going to happen, in the first year of formal school (the equivalent of your grade 1). [/QUOTE]
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