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<blockquote data-quote="JJJ" data-source="post: 417646" data-attributes="member: 1169"><p>ADHD isn't a situational diagnosis. If he is fine with you and has issues at the school, I would focus more on finding out why. Has he been screened for Aspergers? Often the inability to read the social cues can lead to the behavior that you describe.</p><p></p><p>One thing that helped my son was to not have him go to recess with all of the kids in his grade level. He did a 'special recess', first with just one hand picked peer, then with a few different peers (1 at a time on different days) and then with 2 kids, then 3, etc. until he was out there with one class and then with everyone. An aide was assigned to him at recess and she stayed within 3 feet of him so she could redirect quickly if necessary (key was getting her to understand that she couldn't hang out with the recess monitors but had to actively follow him around). </p><p></p><p>I am a big believer that many of our kids need medications and I would no more refuse to medicate my child for his ADHD than I would refuse to medicate him for his epilepsy. But, with his behavior being fine except for school, I would try the above changes to see if that helped.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JJJ, post: 417646, member: 1169"] ADHD isn't a situational diagnosis. If he is fine with you and has issues at the school, I would focus more on finding out why. Has he been screened for Aspergers? Often the inability to read the social cues can lead to the behavior that you describe. One thing that helped my son was to not have him go to recess with all of the kids in his grade level. He did a 'special recess', first with just one hand picked peer, then with a few different peers (1 at a time on different days) and then with 2 kids, then 3, etc. until he was out there with one class and then with everyone. An aide was assigned to him at recess and she stayed within 3 feet of him so she could redirect quickly if necessary (key was getting her to understand that she couldn't hang out with the recess monitors but had to actively follow him around). I am a big believer that many of our kids need medications and I would no more refuse to medicate my child for his ADHD than I would refuse to medicate him for his epilepsy. But, with his behavior being fine except for school, I would try the above changes to see if that helped. [/QUOTE]
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