My son is 10 yrs old and was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 4. I finally got tired of the public schools “bad kid” syndrome, so for 4th grade (after his school that he had gone to since Kindergarden, kicked him out, though they said it was because “we didn’t live in that school district”)I put my son in private school at my husbands request. My husband does not have ADD, but I do, and I went to private schools throughout my entire elementary years and some Jr and High school, and I know how they treat “different children”. He doesn’t know the trials that our son faces everyday. I was reading a post from another parent with a child that has ADD, and I have come to the realization that my son has a socialization problem along with the ADHD. The private schools answer to his “outbursts” is to “spank” or give “detention” to him. Now, I don’t have a problem with spanking, but there comes a time in every childs life when they are just to old for that. I am having more trouble with them than I did public school. I have even offered a course for the teachers on ADD/ADHD, but keep getting the run around. How can I make the private school sector more accountable for having these resources for their teachers, and make them accountable for the way they treat children with disabilities. I know that the public school system has come a little farther than when I was in school, but people are afraid of what they don’t know. PLEASE, I need some guidence. Thank you so very much.
adderol
eight year old son has been on adderol for close to a year, he was on ritalin and the down side was more than we could handle, he lost so much weight at first, i would cry when he took off his shirt, you could count every rib. he take adderol twice a day, the school gets the good side and we get the down side. when he is coming off the drug, he has a hard time getting to sleep. not sure which drug is the better of the two. our son is a bright,loving,warm,fun young man and now the teachers and school and school mates can see that also. we do make sure he has a drug holiday, christmas break and two weeks in the summer, good luck and don’t let them push you around. go with your guts when you’re making choices for your child…….
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