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| Thu, 02-11-2010 - 9:04am |
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Hi, welcome back!
I do not know of anything you can give her, although the right med, at the right dose usually helps a little. Organizational skills are learned, and sometimes therapy helps. It's not memory loss, so much as one of the things is caused by ADHD, some kids cannot follow a 3-4 step instruction.
A child may HAVE ADHD, but it is not what they ARE. Never tell a child they ARE ADHD.
A child may HAVE ADHD, but it is not what they ARE. Never tell a child they ARE ADHD.
hmm.. i will have to do that!! seriously the teachers act like ""OMG. she really should know better"" BLAH BLAH BLAH....
Teachers can be idiots sometimes, I know!
OK, what really helped mine in 5th grade was having a laminated list at his desk of what he was supposed to do when he got in (turn in homework, put away lunch, get out whatever it was) and then one for when it was time to go (copy homework off board, if you have X homework, you need Y book, etc.). His teachers, being wonderful that year, put the thing together. I can't see any reason you couldn't work with his to do the same. For the first few weeks (and if there were problems after that) the teacher would check that he got the right homework down.
It was really critical because when he hit middle school in 6th, that was again an issue, but SO much less because he'd gotten the habit in 5th. And in 6th there were millions of teachers, who wrote the homework down differently/at different times during the class, etc.
Organizational skills are a nightmare for ADHD kids. But they CAN learn--they'll never develop them on their own like all the other kids, though! Lists rule my son's world ;}. Anyhow, point out very bluntly that this is part of your child's ADHD!
I was going to suggest the checklists!