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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had diagnosed ADHD when I was growing up and if I ever did what OP's kid did, my parents would support the school 100% and wouldn't try to use my disability as a reason to justify my behavior.  Disability doesn't mean free reign to behave however I please, even when I was 7.

I write this knowing I'll be flamed, but I've seen too many of these posts recently with parents justifying their child's behavior due to ADHD. You're not doing your child any favors by doing this. [/quote]

It's not that anyone on this thread is justifying the behavior, it's just an empirical fact that, at this age,  ADHD or not, suspensions do not have the desired effect.  Not that there should be no consequences, but the consequences should be meaningful to the child so that he or she learns from it. [/quote]

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No one, and definitely NOT OP who seems to be very on top of her child's issues, is trying to use a disability as an excuse.

By the time a kid's parents ask for or have an IEP for behaviors they are probably doing a heck of a lot trying to address what is going on. It is a huge process to get the IEP and it usually requires all sorts of documentation by the parents and the school. IME the people that try to find excuses for behaviors tend to be the parents in denial. Their kids are on behavior plans or causing daily disruptions year after year but they think it's because Larlo is just "bored" or "too advanced" or the teacher or school administration is terrible. They look to blame everyone else when they should be blaming themselves for doing nothing. They never get their child evaluated because they don't want Larlo associated with "those" children who have special needs and the problems go on and on and on.[/quote]

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