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<blockquote data-quote="beachgirl200621" data-source="post: 441369" data-attributes="member: 12284"><p>I feel like I need to clarify myself. Our peditrician has diagnosed him with ADHD. We have gotten teachers involved His pre-k teacher filled out the assesment from the school for the diagnosis. We pushed for therapy before because I know medication alone isnt the key.. the therapist we were sent to was great but he didnt work with my son he worked with the adults basically to help us cope with his behavior. And as far as us setting goals that are out of his grasp... not to sure about that one. I feel like our "family rules" are the most common you can get. I expect my children to be respectful to others and to obey our rules such as no jumping on the furniture or running in the house.. be kind to one another, share, yes maam no maam yes sir no sir... please and thank you being polite and open about things. these have always been the rules and consistency is the key.. I was asking about medication because I want to research more different types so I can feel more comfortable about this. I know that his mither is part of the problem.. it seems SOMETIMES his behavior and choosing to act out is worse when he goes long periods without seeing her. I know he hurts. We are trying to help him.. Ive looked at the autistic spectrum ive never really noticed a link between him and that specific spectrum. There have been times where he has been just down right MEAN to his sister, and also my husband. The other day they walked into my sister in law house and he kicked my husband between the legs as hard as he could for no reason what so ever. I used to work in day care and I have seen many children that are not "difficult child" but "normal" he is nothing like the "norm" he is constantly whining over something... ALWAYS! there isnt a day that goes by that he isnt whining, he bounces off the walls 90% of the time or he will be sitting watching tv and all of a sudden jump up and make weird sounds (like a baby) or an animal or something or either start jumping around. He cannot sit still.. he is ALWAY complaining of being itchy..? (dunno if that has anything to do with any of this but figured id put it out there) He is a very loud spoken child we always thought that was because when he was younger he failed his hearing tests we thought he couldnt hear but now his hearing is fine. His teacher has told me he has no attention span what so ever but he is very smart and that right now he is about the middle of his class but if he doesnt get his attention straight that next year the students that are below him will end up passing him because all though they might not be quite as smart as him they have the attention span that he doesnt have.. he has started lying to his mom when she does call telling her we wont let him do this that and the other (I dont understand why he feels the need to lie, or make up something that never happened. Its not bad stuff just silly stuff) And as far as me not understanding why he doesnt get it or doesnt care I know he is just as confused as we are. you can tell some days when he is just trying so hard to make us happy and trying to do his best.. I GET IT he doesnt know whats going on with himself any more than my husband or I do. I dont expect him to know what is wrong with him. I have just never seen a child that didnt understand consiquences before at least not a child who was about to turn 6. He is loving 99% of the time he wants to be the center of attention, and when he isnt the center of attention for 5 minutes he flips out. pouts or just whines. He is VERY impulsive he does things before he thinks about them. he will just blurt out right in your face for no reason.. well to us there is no reason but of course there is a reason to him. Maybe this post will better describe him and I can get more accurate feedback? I hope so Im glad I found this site and Hope it will be helpful to me in the future. if you all have any difficult child children that sound like him please feel free to contact me. I am anxious to do my own research before our dr appointment so I can go in with the knowledge I feel I need to udnerstand what is going on so that I can ask the right ?'s and get the best help for my son. Thanks again</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="beachgirl200621, post: 441369, member: 12284"] I feel like I need to clarify myself. Our peditrician has diagnosed him with ADHD. We have gotten teachers involved His pre-k teacher filled out the assesment from the school for the diagnosis. We pushed for therapy before because I know medication alone isnt the key.. the therapist we were sent to was great but he didnt work with my son he worked with the adults basically to help us cope with his behavior. And as far as us setting goals that are out of his grasp... not to sure about that one. I feel like our "family rules" are the most common you can get. I expect my children to be respectful to others and to obey our rules such as no jumping on the furniture or running in the house.. be kind to one another, share, yes maam no maam yes sir no sir... please and thank you being polite and open about things. these have always been the rules and consistency is the key.. I was asking about medication because I want to research more different types so I can feel more comfortable about this. I know that his mither is part of the problem.. it seems SOMETIMES his behavior and choosing to act out is worse when he goes long periods without seeing her. I know he hurts. We are trying to help him.. Ive looked at the autistic spectrum ive never really noticed a link between him and that specific spectrum. There have been times where he has been just down right MEAN to his sister, and also my husband. The other day they walked into my sister in law house and he kicked my husband between the legs as hard as he could for no reason what so ever. I used to work in day care and I have seen many children that are not "difficult child" but "normal" he is nothing like the "norm" he is constantly whining over something... ALWAYS! there isnt a day that goes by that he isnt whining, he bounces off the walls 90% of the time or he will be sitting watching tv and all of a sudden jump up and make weird sounds (like a baby) or an animal or something or either start jumping around. He cannot sit still.. he is ALWAY complaining of being itchy..? (dunno if that has anything to do with any of this but figured id put it out there) He is a very loud spoken child we always thought that was because when he was younger he failed his hearing tests we thought he couldnt hear but now his hearing is fine. His teacher has told me he has no attention span what so ever but he is very smart and that right now he is about the middle of his class but if he doesnt get his attention straight that next year the students that are below him will end up passing him because all though they might not be quite as smart as him they have the attention span that he doesnt have.. he has started lying to his mom when she does call telling her we wont let him do this that and the other (I dont understand why he feels the need to lie, or make up something that never happened. Its not bad stuff just silly stuff) And as far as me not understanding why he doesnt get it or doesnt care I know he is just as confused as we are. you can tell some days when he is just trying so hard to make us happy and trying to do his best.. I GET IT he doesnt know whats going on with himself any more than my husband or I do. I dont expect him to know what is wrong with him. I have just never seen a child that didnt understand consiquences before at least not a child who was about to turn 6. He is loving 99% of the time he wants to be the center of attention, and when he isnt the center of attention for 5 minutes he flips out. pouts or just whines. He is VERY impulsive he does things before he thinks about them. he will just blurt out right in your face for no reason.. well to us there is no reason but of course there is a reason to him. Maybe this post will better describe him and I can get more accurate feedback? I hope so Im glad I found this site and Hope it will be helpful to me in the future. if you all have any difficult child children that sound like him please feel free to contact me. I am anxious to do my own research before our dr appointment so I can go in with the knowledge I feel I need to udnerstand what is going on so that I can ask the right ?'s and get the best help for my son. Thanks again [/QUOTE]
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