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[quote=Anonymous]A few thoughts——-You can’t expect 7-8 year olds to understand that adhd and impulse control can contribute to poor behavior and choices. Especially if they don’t know that your daughter has adhd. So to them it’s just that your dd can be impulsive and say mean things (or whatever she does). And if it gets done to such an extent that a lot of kids start disliking her, it might be time to change her meds or dosage.

Kids also tend to exaggerate—-so she thinks the entire class hates her, when it’s 2-4 clique-y girls who probably are a little catty to the weak.

I would talk to the teacher to see what’s really happening. Ask for help from the counselor if it is a class-wide issue. Maybe he/she can do a class talk about kindness/understanding.

And continue to talk to your daughter about consequences of her actions. Special needs or not, all actions have consequences and you can’t give her the adhd crutch all the time. She still needs to work on taking responsibility. We have to do this with my son. Use the growth mindset principle to help her understand (they hopefully talk about that in school).[/quote]

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