adhd boys

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I have twin boys who have adhd both are on medicine but the problem is that they try hard in school they never get catch up because each year is more demanding than the year before.I just dont understand why school now days have to be so challanging for example my boys had a test in gym they had to know all the muscles of the body i just dont think this age appro.Please help me because i am worry when my boys get into middle school they will never survire

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/31/2002 - 11:06 PM

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The most popular word in schools right now is ‘rigorous’. I just bumped into a good book called Whatever Happened To Recess and Why Is My Child Struggling in Kindergarten? The author asks the same question you’re asking - why is school so hard now? And does that make sense for very young children?

I agree with you that many things asked of children in school these days are not age appropriate. The hardest school year my own ADD/LD son had was 7th grade and that includes his freshman year of college. Something about that just isn’t right.

The only advice I might give is to perhaps get the curriculum modified for your son through their IEPs.

Good luck

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 12/11/2002 - 3:11 AM

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Hi there

I am from New Zealand and have a simialr problem to you. My son is just about to finish year 6 and move to middle school. He is 11 and has a reading age of 6.5. My wife and I have worked really hard with the school to get BJ a fair deal. The school are great now but we can not take our eye off the ball. An IEP is the best thing to work towards cos you can monitor the progress through the work you do at home as a part of it. I have even had the school suggets we pay for a full-time teacher - bah humbug!!!!!!! We recently had a learning disabilities conference in our town and none of our local teachers went. I also challenged this and now the school is red faced and has to work harder to get information etc. We are lucky now and our son does not participate in the “normal” tests. He is tested seperately on his actual lebvel of understanding. This will change as he gets older - but for now it works. The only down-fall is he misses out on a lot of accolades and opportunities because he is learning differently. He doesn’t like it but has made some real progress this year.

I am sorry I have rambled a little (ok a lot) but hang in there and challenge the school and you might find they will attempt to try things your way.

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