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[quote=Anonymous]My child had this issue. We contacted the school counselor who went in to do observations and collect data.  When was my child attentive, and when not? How often was she on vs off task, and for how long?  But not only did he observe my child, he also -- quite correctly -- observed the classroom management and engagement strategies of the teacher.

Because of this dual approach, we discovered that not only was my child frequently off-task, it was most often during certain types of instruction.  And he also observed that the teacher -- who was new, too -- was not himself engaging in best practices wrt instruction and behavior management. My kid, he concluded, was simply not able to sustain sitting still for so long, day after day, when she was bored.

He recommended that she switch classrooms.

And she did, in March, well into the school year. The change was INCREDIBLE and IMMEDIATE and, as it turns out, sustained for the rest of year. No more complaints about lack of focus or misbehavior. No more crying before school every morning. No more worries about having a name written on the board or turning a behavior card from green to yellow (a practice I abhor, quite honestly).

So consider your child, the environment, and the interaction of the two.  It may not "just" be your kid.[/quote]

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