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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 575597" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>Ah, all your good (and conflicting!) ideas have disappeared, shame.</p><p></p><p>I am in touch with a retired teacher who tutors children and I think she's going to come twice a week for half an hour to help J with reading. I think the teacher is not in touch with J (he may say, why should he be, he has 20 other children to think of also). For example, he complained that even during sports, J does not "listen" and just does his own thing but I watched them this afternoon as their little sports field is visible from my sitting room window. J was participating just like all the others in a series of relay races they were running, setting off at the whistle, standing in line until his turn, etc - true he was jumping up and down exuberantly as he waited and he did cheer himself rather sweetly when he came first each time, but I don't think one can ever expect that J is going to be a silent, unnoticeable presence. </p><p></p><p>A lot of ADHD children here have assistants that come into school with them to give them one to one help - not teaching help exactly, but explaining what they have to do, helping focus their attention, etc. They are not always given and you have to fill out a lot of paperwork to apply but really the school should be helping me with getting that for J rather than complaining that he is not concentrating properly... but the teacher has never had a special needs child before and so... it's up to me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 575597, member: 11227"] Ah, all your good (and conflicting!) ideas have disappeared, shame. I am in touch with a retired teacher who tutors children and I think she's going to come twice a week for half an hour to help J with reading. I think the teacher is not in touch with J (he may say, why should he be, he has 20 other children to think of also). For example, he complained that even during sports, J does not "listen" and just does his own thing but I watched them this afternoon as their little sports field is visible from my sitting room window. J was participating just like all the others in a series of relay races they were running, setting off at the whistle, standing in line until his turn, etc - true he was jumping up and down exuberantly as he waited and he did cheer himself rather sweetly when he came first each time, but I don't think one can ever expect that J is going to be a silent, unnoticeable presence. A lot of ADHD children here have assistants that come into school with them to give them one to one help - not teaching help exactly, but explaining what they have to do, helping focus their attention, etc. They are not always given and you have to fill out a lot of paperwork to apply but really the school should be helping me with getting that for J rather than complaining that he is not concentrating properly... but the teacher has never had a special needs child before and so... it's up to me. [/QUOTE]
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