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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 555461" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>Lol, buddy! She's the director of this centre so I don't think she'd take kindly to being asked to babysit for me <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> But her son, aged 7, gets on famously with J so perhaps I could invite him over some time. </p><p>You're so right... people's attitudes make all the difference. J has always liked going to this centre and there is a lovely woman who works there, older and really open to and brimming with enthusiasm for the kids. To be honest, that's not typical of what I've found here. And I honestly had no idea the director was so open and apparently committed to doing her best for kids with special needs until we spoke yesterday - she was the one who had been fuming and enraged one evening when I arrived because her son and J had been creating havoc all day and not listening to anyone (she said). </p><p>Maybe it makes sense that things are changing a little as J gets older. He is moving out of the age when hyperactivity, inability to tolerate frustration, etc are to some degree normal and it is becoming clearer that there is a "problem". </p><p>Incidentally, this woman yesterday also said that she had known some children on Ritalin and that it seemed to take all the life and spirit out of them, while making them calmer... We agreed that J had a spirit that one wouldn't want to squash. I just don't know what's going to happen re medications. We have (yet another!) appointment next Monday with another ADHD specialist, a doctor at the local hospital (been waiting for months for the appointment) and maybe this is something I can discuss with her.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 555461, member: 11227"] Lol, buddy! She's the director of this centre so I don't think she'd take kindly to being asked to babysit for me :) But her son, aged 7, gets on famously with J so perhaps I could invite him over some time. You're so right... people's attitudes make all the difference. J has always liked going to this centre and there is a lovely woman who works there, older and really open to and brimming with enthusiasm for the kids. To be honest, that's not typical of what I've found here. And I honestly had no idea the director was so open and apparently committed to doing her best for kids with special needs until we spoke yesterday - she was the one who had been fuming and enraged one evening when I arrived because her son and J had been creating havoc all day and not listening to anyone (she said). Maybe it makes sense that things are changing a little as J gets older. He is moving out of the age when hyperactivity, inability to tolerate frustration, etc are to some degree normal and it is becoming clearer that there is a "problem". Incidentally, this woman yesterday also said that she had known some children on Ritalin and that it seemed to take all the life and spirit out of them, while making them calmer... We agreed that J had a spirit that one wouldn't want to squash. I just don't know what's going to happen re medications. We have (yet another!) appointment next Monday with another ADHD specialist, a doctor at the local hospital (been waiting for months for the appointment) and maybe this is something I can discuss with her. [/QUOTE]
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