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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 484978" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>I agree that taking away the recess seems totally unfair. Basically, it sounds like your son is being punished for things he cannot help - a little like punishing a deaf boy for not hearing properly. And the fact that you don't have a diagnosis and it is going to take time for you to have a diagnosis obviously doesn't help. I wonder if there is any mileage in talking to the teacher again, difficult though that is and unreceptive though she is? Our situations are a little comparable in that my son is hyperactive, no formal diagnosis yet - high, high energy, overly brusque, impulsive, has friends but his social skills are probably not fantastic. The teacher is very old school, very strict, very focused on work and high standards. She had never heard of ADHD when we first came. J was being punished all the time (sent to sit in the corner) until I went to talk to her about it (also lending her a book to read). She is really not the most receptive person in the world and even now kind of dismisses the ADHD theory for my son, but her behaviour towards him has changed... She is less punitive, more understanding, and he is really showing positive results for it. So please don't give up - even hard nuts can be cracked...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 484978, member: 11227"] I agree that taking away the recess seems totally unfair. Basically, it sounds like your son is being punished for things he cannot help - a little like punishing a deaf boy for not hearing properly. And the fact that you don't have a diagnosis and it is going to take time for you to have a diagnosis obviously doesn't help. I wonder if there is any mileage in talking to the teacher again, difficult though that is and unreceptive though she is? Our situations are a little comparable in that my son is hyperactive, no formal diagnosis yet - high, high energy, overly brusque, impulsive, has friends but his social skills are probably not fantastic. The teacher is very old school, very strict, very focused on work and high standards. She had never heard of ADHD when we first came. J was being punished all the time (sent to sit in the corner) until I went to talk to her about it (also lending her a book to read). She is really not the most receptive person in the world and even now kind of dismisses the ADHD theory for my son, but her behaviour towards him has changed... She is less punitive, more understanding, and he is really showing positive results for it. So please don't give up - even hard nuts can be cracked... [/QUOTE]
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