Tips for chaperoning kids with ADHD on field trips?

[Anonymous]

ADHD mama here who's chaperoned quite a bit. Did you have a chaperone prep meeting before you left? They should've told you and other chaperones what/how to interact with each child. When they split you up in groups, they need to tell you of each child's needs. My DS doesn't touch anything but he can;t sit still and yes, he's medicated. I btrought his sensory cushion, that helped.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:ADHD mama here who's chaperoned quite a bit. Did you have a chaperone prep meeting before you left? They should've told you and other chaperones what/how to interact with each child. When they split you up in groups, they need to tell you of each child's needs. My DS doesn't touch anything but he can;t sit still and yes, he's medicated. I btrought his sensory cushion, that helped.

Is that at a private school? We have never had a chaperone prep meeting. Sounds great though.

OP: don't approach the parents, that's just going to be awkward. Approach the teacher.

Sadly, I've had similar experiences to OP - on two different occasions - and both were safety issues. One student hit another out of the blue and for no reason. While I was driving and couldn't do anything about it. Second time, student started to run away from us on a street downtown DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honestly? The teacher should have taken that kid. It's not fair to ask a regular parent volunteer to deal with kids who (for whatever reason) can't follow the rules.

That's a very narrow interpretation of an ADHD kid. My ADHD kid follows the rules just fine. He talks more than he should, but unless you are taking a field trip to a library I don't see how that would be an issue for any "regular" parent volunteer.
If a child has severe disabilities or a severe diagnosis (ADHD), then yes, the teacher/parent should chaperone the child(ren), or at the very last a discussion needs to be had with the non-parent chaperone on chaperoning best practices as it relates to these kids.