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Think son has ADD what do I do now?
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Hi
I have a brother who is now 23 and he was diagnosed as having ADHD at secondary school. My parents went through a lot to get him diagnosed and have to face on neumerous occasions being told they had the problem. He was expelled from school and no other school would take him, so they had to fight even more, with the help of my Auntie who works with special needs children they eventually got the help they needed after fighting and fighting with people.
My advice to you is parents know best (As a mother myself) and keep fighting, get books and as much information as you possibly can and don't give up.
Good luck to you all
Miche0 -
One of my nephews was diagnosed with ADHD and the best way of describing it was that most people/children, know when they have gone too far and when to stop! ADHD just keep going, they don't have that stop button!
My nephew is now 15 and a lovely lad! My brother worked very hard to help him and keep him occupied and interested in things to keep him calm and it has paid off! (he also had councelling and was offered the drugs to calm him down whilst at school, which they declined in favour of the councelling).
I hope you get the help that you need!
Sarah0 -
My DS has been diagnosed as having ASD and ADHD, you know your son better that anyone else so if you think there's a problem push for the help you need. It takes a while to get into the system bugt once you're there you will get help. I would echo other people's advice, think about the diet, as unprocessed at possible and use the fish oils (we use Eye Q liquid, get it from Boots, not cheap at £9.99 a bottle but usually offers on). If you need some one to talk to please pm me. (My DS is 7)0
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MegS wrote:LondonDiva I hope you're not implying that I was being racist. The strong accents you mention would be easy enough for me to understand (my husband is from the north-east and I am from Yorkshire), the speech therapist was from Nigeria and had a very, very strong accent in that it sounded as if he had only just to learn to speak english. He couldn't pronounce my son's name right ever and we had to help him out with the english words he was trying to think off, he even admitted he wasn't used to speaking english. He was not overly competent, eg he kept bringing out loads of toys and then said my son couldn't concentrate on any one toy. Of course not he was 2 at the time and he thought it was Christmas, he kept looking to see what else was coming out of the box. The second time we saw him I told him before we went in not to do that and only have five toys at the most and things were better. How was he going to help my son pronounce syllables when he couldn't pronounce them himself? This is what I was getting at, not that he was black.
As an ex Britrish colony with many diverse languages, Nigeria has 4 official languages, with an overarching official language, which is English. Most Nigerians speak 2-3 native languages and english as fluent mother tongue (thank you google). This means that schools, banks and the government etc teach and operate in English and also (if any other english speaking country, not the UK, is taken as an example) teach the basics of grammer and language structure as the backbone of their literature/language classes. I was therefore being very clear that I thought that the assumption that a heavy accent meant poor english skills was very wrong.
I'm a Londoner born & bred & I have to say that the accents I mentioned in my earlier posts can, if I've not tuned my ear to them, be difficult to tune into straight away. From the sound of your post, it definately sounded as if someone with a heavy deep south (US) accent would not have come in for the implications in your post.
I'm going to dip out of the thread as you want advice and this is going into the whole, 'what type of immigrants are we prepared to accept in our comfort zone' area.
All the best."This is a forum - not a support group. We do not "owe" anyone unconditional acceptance of their opinions."0 -
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candygirl wrote:Keep at it.The school might be reluctant to help in case it costs them in terms of support teachers , but unless you push it things will go from bad to worse for him in the school system;)
If your son needs a member of support staff this would be funded from the Local Education Authority. The school wouldn't have to pay for this, so this isn't an issue.
You'll have to be patient I'm afraid with the Education Psychologist - moderate sized primary schools tend to have lists of around 15 children to be assessed, and usually get between 3 and 6 visits from the ed psych a year, seeing one child per visit.
There are many conditions that may appear to be very similar to ADHD, so don't be too quick to assume that is the case from a list of symptoms. For example there are language processing difficulties that lead to frustration in the child, that cause similar actions to a child suffereing from ADHD. In these circumstances, a simple choice of words from teachers/parents can make these symptoms vanish.
If it does turn out to be ADD/ADHD then don't panic. There is so much that can be done to help your child feel more comfortable socially (including balance activities etc!!!). If your child does end up with this label you need to look at it that your child is exactly the same as he has always been, it's only the label that has changed. The benefit of the label is that it helps you and others to make small changes to make life easier for your child.
Hope things work out well for you.:DAm not witty enough to put something cool and informative here:o0 -
Thank you all for your help and advice, I am already giving DS omega 3 and omega 6 combined tablets and nearly all my food is made 'from scratch'. He is only allowed tinned meatballs and pasta once every two weeks (thanks to DH for introducing him to these lovely creations - ugh!!) everything else he has is 'proper' food lol. He doesn't drink fizzy drinks only water, milk and fresh apple juice with the very occasional Ribena (another thanks to DH for this introduction). The school is going to expedite his assessment and seem very willing to help, apparently they have an ed psych person attached to the school. His main problems are unable to concentrate, he seems as if he is in a world of his own, being too aggressive when playing as he gets frustrated and doesn't know how to channel his frustration, is easily distracted, forgets things, difficulty in following instructions especially when given two or three things to do (eg clean teeth, wash hands and go to the toilet), doesn't know when to stop, the list goes on. He likes to know what he is doing and when, he doesn't like surprises. He's very sensitive and takes everything his friends say to heart. He is very good 1-1 but not so good in a crowd.
LondonDiva, I merely mentioned he was Nigerian so you could 'hear' his accent, if he had been Glaswegian I would have said he was Glaswegian, or if he had been a cockney I would have said so, it was all to help with visualisation. I've already explained his downfalls and I'm sorry but if someone is supposed to help someone else with the phonetics of the english (or any) language then they should at least have a good command of that language. I have also dispensed with the services of three imcompetent health visitors in my time, nothing to do with the fact they are from the south and I am from the north just that they contradicted themselves each time they came and couldn't do their jobs very well.
Thanks again, I would say I think the school are a little bit ignorant in the difference between ADD and ADHD as I think they think I'm talking about ADHD and are puzzled about the lack of extreme hyperactivity but at least they say they will leave it to the expert. I presume the ed psych will speak to me as well? DH is having a problem with all of this so I guess I'm lucky he's away until Christmas, he keeps saying he has a problem about his baby not being 100% as if there is something drastically wrong with him. I pointed out that he should thank his lucky stars it is only this, one of the women I work with has a friend who has been told her 6yo has only months to live and she is pregnant with not enough fluid so they're unsure if she'll make it full term. Maybe it just seems worse as he's away and can't be here to help out I don't know. Thanks again everyone.0 -
Could he also be on the autistic spectrum? I know ASD, ADHD and ADD are often linked0
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Dr havent had time to read all the above, but take a look at these...
Geoff Kewley has just published his book entitled "ADHD, Recognition, Reality and Resolution"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/2001_45_fri_03.shtml
http://catalogue.fultonpublishers.co.uk/fulton/pdf/1843123460.pdf#search=%22who%20is%20geoff%20kewley%22
loops xTHE CHAINS OF HABIT ARE TOO WEAK TO BE FELT UNTIL THEY ARE TOO STRONG TO BE BROKEN... :A0
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