Kicked out of preschool for behavior issues

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Anonymous wrote:OP was the school in Rockville named Georgetown Hill? If so, we are being asked to leave or hire a shadow too.

PP, you need to heal. If a school is so desperate that they ask you to hire a shadow, it's not a good fit for your kid. Find a place that will work for him. You got several excellent ideas on your original thread. No need to resurrect this one.

Did you even contact the public preschool, Lourie, Karasik, or Easter Seals? Focus on the future.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thank you so much for the update! It's amazing how the school environment can make such a huge difference. But the school that can't cope blames it all on you and your child ...

Every school environment is different, just like every kid is different. The trick is to find the school that works for your kid.

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Anonymous wrote:

He still has tantrums but I can reason with him now. If you were to hear me talking to him during a tantrum, I would be the subject of the "I can't believe I heard a mother taking to her kid like that" threads. But that's what he needs. He throws the tantrum for attention. What's wrong? How
So you can see we are not out if the woods yet but we've come along way. Sometimes I'm angry that I couldn't at least try the ADHD meds when he was 3 but I get it--no dr is going to dx a 3 yr old with ADHD. For him though , the meds have been life changing-- for the entire family. We no longer have to take 2 cars in fear that someone will have to take him home. I take both kids on vacation by myself -- to the beach, great wolf lodge, skiing. It's all pretty manageable now.

The SN board remains my go to resource. Everyone is so kind and helpful and I know our family couldn't have come this far without all of you. Thank you.

Here's to the start of a great first grade year!

What a great update. Thank you!

Getting DS diagnosed and medicated for ADHD was life changing for our family also. Our DS with ASD and ADHD was able to stay at his public school with IEP and not kicked out to attend a SN school. Also, we found out he was very gifted/a prodigy in an activity he would not have been able to do prior to being treated for the ADHD.

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Thank you for posting the update, OP. It's nice to hear such an honest and uplifting story.