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[quote=Anonymous]My ADHD son is not able to sit still and do work for hours and hours.  His teacher in kindergarten just gave up trying to get him to be quiet and finally just let him read books when the other kids were being taught how to read.  It's amazing how quickly a child goes from a behavior issue to no behavior issue if they are in the right environment.  The sad thing is, the school already knew his reading level at the beginning of the year when the reading specialist tested every student.  But yet he had to sit through phonics lessons when he read 3-4 grades ahead.  If they are going to collect data, they should actually do something with that data.  By spring and multiple trips to the principal's office, his teacher finally just let him read and the problems vanished.  I don't believe that advanced kids are always capable of finding something to do while they sit through material they already know.  They are 5 years old, not 20.  I sat through many hours of classes in HS and college that were boring and was able to fake interest and pay attention but I was a lot older.[/quote]

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