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[quote=Anonymous]I was diagnosed with ADHD as an adult and highly suspect my oldest has it as well. My ADHD kid is, as I was, a model student. He sits in his seat, does his work, and is not impulsive.  He did however have we accidents 4-5 times in K and several times at extended day in 2nd. I also had pee accidents late into elementary - especially when laughing- and it made my mom glare at me anytime I was being silly with friends. I still have a lot of shame around constantly being told I was lazy, stubborn, sneaky and a liar. As an adult it is hard for me to laugh and have fun in a group. My likely ADHD kid seemingly has no sense of his body - he is clumsy, we have to tell him to go to the bathroom when he is squirming, he doesn’t recognize hunger, when he feels sick he can’t tell you what hurts. If he runs into a room crying you don’t know if you are looking for a stubbed toe or he is about to vomit. 
He’s also very stubborn and extremely sensitive to what he perceives as criticism or correction.

I have another kid who likely does not have ADHD and he just started K. It has reminded us how exhausting kindergarten is, even after full day preschool.

Here’s what works for my older kid - vitamins with iron, omega 3 fatty acid supplement, strenuous exercise in the morning before school (scooter or bike for 15 min), high protein breakfast, earlier bed time. I also talk him through issues like the accidents and I ask him to help me come up with a plan to prevent it.

Here is an example of a similar plan. When he was in preschool he would have poop accidents at recess. It took a while, but I figured out he would just go standby the teacher and not say anything. I told him he needed to tell her he needed to go potty. So he started going to the teacher and saying “I want to go inside” and she would tell him “yes, we will all go in in a few min”. We literally had to role play with him at home to teach him exactly what to say. 
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