MY son was diagnosed with ADD at age 12. He wasn’t organized, his grades were poor, he’d forget everything. I can’t tell you you how many trips we made back to the school for books he’d forgotten. This year started off well B avearage first progress report (tutor 1 day a week) and then wham the report card, two F’s. He’s been on Concerta. Last year he took 18mg. This year 36mg. The teachers say he’s a great kid, he wants to do well. He doesn’t act out in class, he loses his assignments, or just forgets to do them. How can I fix this. Please tell me whats not connecting with him. There has to be a switch, and I can’t find it. I can’t let him get lost next year in high school it only gets harder. Please give me any advice you can. I’d greatly appreciate it. Thank you.
You have the right to have the school accomidate his LD by adjusting assignments to his capability and to help any way possible with loosing assignments and forgeting things like giving him more time to complete them and to re assign them if they get misplaced these are all things caused By ADD and they are suppose to worry about it not you. By law they are suppose to work with him and make sure his needs are being met. There are lots of things they can do and they are suppose to , you really need to see the principle and tell her he needs help and ask what can they do, they have to by law.