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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Intuniv supposedly helps with impulse control. I do think that you need to have a meeting with teachers and administrators and let them know that she has challenges as a byproduct of the ADHD and ask them to help with strategies rather than being punitive. For instance, if everyone realized the pencil thing was an accident, why’d she have to be punished and write an apology letter? If she can’t sit still at her table, perhaps movement breaks should be built in.  She needs to recognize that her actions are unacceptable and at the same time there need to be tools to manage the behavior. Also a behavior chart may help. [/quote]

+1 sounds like her teacher and school are not understanding that she’s lacking impulse control and cannot help it. She should be corrected and reminded of her mistakes/misbehaviors, but emailing home daily and writing apology notes and seeing the principal over accidents seems a bit much. She’s 7, not 13. I’d be pissed, OP. I’m sorry. [/quote]

Unfortunately, unless OP's child has an IEP or 504, the teacher really can't treat her differently than she would any other child doing the same things, she needs to enforce the rules equally.[/quote]

I don't know if this is a true statement.  While an IEP or 504 *requires* a teacher to adjust their expectations/rules for a designated kid, the absence of an IEP or 504 doesn't mean a teacher is barred from having different expectations for different kids.  My son has adhd (no IEP or 504) and his great K teacher was always giving him a pass for minor infractions that she might have been on other kids for. She knows he has more squirminess than other kids (just to use an example), and shouldn't get yelled at every time he's in line and his body is moving.  He shouldn't have to get an IEP or 504 for that.  [/quote]

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