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<blockquote data-quote="EmJay" data-source="post: 485275" data-attributes="member: 13282"><p>It hasn't been so much this year as last. This year is quite weird actually! K and 1 he was a handful. And now all of a sudden he is getting Student of the Month awards and coming home with A's in conduct. He IS a great kid; he can also be a handful! I'm not sure if the teacher just isn't making a great big deal about it or if she has so many other distractions in the classroom that he isn't a "major" one to be handled (there are several "hard to handle" kids in his class). </p><p></p><p>No. one thing that struck a chord with me is that I will look him in the eye and give him a piece of a direction and he will ask me "what?" right after or turn around and immediately forget it. I wanted to make sure this was either his ADHD or an AP problem. </p><p></p><p>To give you some background about myself:</p><p></p><p>I have a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology. When I graduated from college I worked with children ages 5-11 with severe Emotional and Behavioral problems. I was a Mental Health Specialist at an Outpatient Mental Health Program. I would go into the schools and help with observing and deescalating situations with my clients. ALL were boys. ALL had ADHD and were co-morbid with some type of ED. and Almost every single one of them had some type of Mood D/O, Learning Disability (LD), and/or Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). I worked with the Principals, Guid Couns, Sp Ed teachers, and so forth to assist with their IEP's and Bx plans. I coordinated with the Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) at our agency and the psychiatric to assist with developing plans for their education and at home. But the problem we had was with the parents following through. Most were non-existant much less active participants in their childrens education/program. So I became very frustrated and burned out and left that job. I went on to work with Mentally Ill adults and then with the Geriatric population. </p><p>After 10 years of working I am now a stay at home mom. And now I am dealing with some of this with my own child. I sorta kinda know how to work the system; but I have no doubt things have changed since 2001.</p><p></p><p>So back to your original questions: He does not receive any help; that I know of, at school. That's the thing. He's a Straight A student with Bx issues (at times). I'm thinking this is why he is overlooked by the teacher and the principal and the like. Because it isn't affecting his "grades" they aren't worried until it starts affecting the teacher/classroom. (that's just my opinion)</p><p>And again..... Kindegarten and 1st grade were VERY different from 2nd grade! It's almost awkward. I THINK the teacher is just letting a lot go! Especially since I'm up there so much!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EmJay, post: 485275, member: 13282"] It hasn't been so much this year as last. This year is quite weird actually! K and 1 he was a handful. And now all of a sudden he is getting Student of the Month awards and coming home with A's in conduct. He IS a great kid; he can also be a handful! I'm not sure if the teacher just isn't making a great big deal about it or if she has so many other distractions in the classroom that he isn't a "major" one to be handled (there are several "hard to handle" kids in his class). No. one thing that struck a chord with me is that I will look him in the eye and give him a piece of a direction and he will ask me "what?" right after or turn around and immediately forget it. I wanted to make sure this was either his ADHD or an AP problem. To give you some background about myself: I have a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology. When I graduated from college I worked with children ages 5-11 with severe Emotional and Behavioral problems. I was a Mental Health Specialist at an Outpatient Mental Health Program. I would go into the schools and help with observing and deescalating situations with my clients. ALL were boys. ALL had ADHD and were co-morbid with some type of ED. and Almost every single one of them had some type of Mood D/O, Learning Disability (LD), and/or Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). I worked with the Principals, Guid Couns, Sp Ed teachers, and so forth to assist with their IEP's and Bx plans. I coordinated with the Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) at our agency and the psychiatric to assist with developing plans for their education and at home. But the problem we had was with the parents following through. Most were non-existant much less active participants in their childrens education/program. So I became very frustrated and burned out and left that job. I went on to work with Mentally Ill adults and then with the Geriatric population. After 10 years of working I am now a stay at home mom. And now I am dealing with some of this with my own child. I sorta kinda know how to work the system; but I have no doubt things have changed since 2001. So back to your original questions: He does not receive any help; that I know of, at school. That's the thing. He's a Straight A student with Bx issues (at times). I'm thinking this is why he is overlooked by the teacher and the principal and the like. Because it isn't affecting his "grades" they aren't worried until it starts affecting the teacher/classroom. (that's just my opinion) And again..... Kindegarten and 1st grade were VERY different from 2nd grade! It's almost awkward. I THINK the teacher is just letting a lot go! Especially since I'm up there so much! [/QUOTE]
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