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<blockquote data-quote="buddy" data-source="post: 499472" data-attributes="member: 12886"><p>I could totally see a Waldorf school being a great choice for J. He is imaginative and creative and I have no doubt he will learn to read and write in any setting as it seems he does not really have a learning disability in those areas. </p><p></p><p>My concern would be if he ends up hating school (and lets face it, by this time of year lots of kids do not like school and get bored etc... so your quest is to find out if this is going to be a devastating kind of "hate school" thing or a typical sick of school thing I guess.</p><p></p><p>Even at a Waldorf school, I would make sure that the particular staff/school understands ADHD. There, they may at least look at the positives of ADHD and use them for his growth. </p><p></p><p>They work so much on this that can help his motor skills too.... if that pencil holding thing is a symptom that has not fully been explored...the types of activities and learning they do may just work through that in some ways. HMMMM, I admit I like that choice for J but wish there was one in your town. LOL... of course no answer is that easy.</p><p></p><p>I am glad he confirmed it for you but I have to say the old fashioned thinking about his emotions being the driving source of the oppositionality kind of makes me think that though he thinks he may have adhd, he does not fully appreciate the impact on J's life (plus your instinct that there are some milder attachment issues and you already have shown that when you work on those it pays off.... I suspect that if J lived with a single dad, give his disruptions in life, he would still have those behavior issues because most are probably due to life things that have happened to him plus the adhd). Just MHO.</p><p></p><p>ps. I have gone to waldorf schools a couple of times for their open houses and information nights, talked to students and WOW. If I had a typically developing (intellectually) child with any social issues that are more mild in nature (like kids who just are different thinkers but still able to be social pretty well) I would pick their school. I think the parents were super interesting at the school I went to...kind of granola types and probably mostly middle to higher socio economic levels but very diverse otherwise. the ART!!!! unbelievable. the analytic thinking skills...holy cow, even at a young age... I can see that being YOUR thing. I loved it. It was very cool and the kids were really cool.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buddy, post: 499472, member: 12886"] I could totally see a Waldorf school being a great choice for J. He is imaginative and creative and I have no doubt he will learn to read and write in any setting as it seems he does not really have a learning disability in those areas. My concern would be if he ends up hating school (and lets face it, by this time of year lots of kids do not like school and get bored etc... so your quest is to find out if this is going to be a devastating kind of "hate school" thing or a typical sick of school thing I guess. Even at a Waldorf school, I would make sure that the particular staff/school understands ADHD. There, they may at least look at the positives of ADHD and use them for his growth. They work so much on this that can help his motor skills too.... if that pencil holding thing is a symptom that has not fully been explored...the types of activities and learning they do may just work through that in some ways. HMMMM, I admit I like that choice for J but wish there was one in your town. LOL... of course no answer is that easy. I am glad he confirmed it for you but I have to say the old fashioned thinking about his emotions being the driving source of the oppositionality kind of makes me think that though he thinks he may have adhd, he does not fully appreciate the impact on J's life (plus your instinct that there are some milder attachment issues and you already have shown that when you work on those it pays off.... I suspect that if J lived with a single dad, give his disruptions in life, he would still have those behavior issues because most are probably due to life things that have happened to him plus the adhd). Just MHO. ps. I have gone to waldorf schools a couple of times for their open houses and information nights, talked to students and WOW. If I had a typically developing (intellectually) child with any social issues that are more mild in nature (like kids who just are different thinkers but still able to be social pretty well) I would pick their school. I think the parents were super interesting at the school I went to...kind of granola types and probably mostly middle to higher socio economic levels but very diverse otherwise. the ART!!!! unbelievable. the analytic thinking skills...holy cow, even at a young age... I can see that being YOUR thing. I loved it. It was very cool and the kids were really cool. [/QUOTE]
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