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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Sometimes suspensions are what it takes to get the parents to realize that it's actually a problem. In a lot of cases, if it doesn't impact the parent so that they see it's a legitimate concern then there's little hope for the behavior actually changing. [/quote]

I'm sure this happens, but in my opinion that usually only makes sense of it's parents whose children do not have an IEP and who have refused testing. There may be some parents who have kids with IEPs like this but usually by the time you have the IEP you know your child needs help. And in my experience principals use suspensions at this age because they are lazy and don't want to deal with the kid and are using it as a strategy to get rid of the kid by making life difficult for the parents. I've seen it work where the parents panic or are exhausted and just leave. It's not always good for the kid though. [/quote]

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