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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Medication doesn't fix everything like being mean spirited. This is behavioral and should be addressed by parents and the school. ADHD isn't an excuse to be mean and your child should be reprimanded the same way any other kid would in school. At home, you've got work to do. [/quote]

He’s not mean spirited at all. I was always worried he’d be teased, if anything, because he is socially awkward and into sciency type things. But I think he’s gotten positive reinforcement from peers for saying mean things (and they’re not really mean - it’s like rhyming someone’s name in a way that annoys them more than being mean) and he’s so eager for the social connection that he’s repeating that. Obviously it’s not okay that it’s happening, but I only happened to hear about it through a private coach I hire to come into the school and work with him on executive functioning, and not from the teachers or anything, so I don’t think it’s a major issue as much as someone I have working closely with my son telling me that this is a social development area for him.

But yes, we do have work to do with him behaviorally. He is developmentally delayed in executive functioning and emotional regulation due to his adhd so he’s going to have poor impulse control, which is why I asked for advice.[/quote]

If the school isn’t telling you about it this sounds like an overreaction on your part. [/quote]

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