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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It sounds a lot like you're not getting your child the help he needs. Work on that, OP.[/quote]

I am trying! I take him to speech, OT twice a week, see a therapist, saw a psychiatrist for meds, talk to the teacher, got a neuropsych eval. What else can I do if I"m not doing enough, pick him up early from school? I have talked to him over and over and over about PE. If the kids are doing leg lifts you do them too. I can't control him when he's there. I appreciate your kind comment that I am not getting the help that he needs but I am trying and spending all kinds of money i don't have.[/quote]

None of the things you listed will teach the child to follow directions. Get the kid a 1:1 to work on basic skills. This won’t get better on it’s own.[/quote]

This is a new diagnosis, right? You're doing a lot, and I'm sure it's overwhelming.

[b]But I agree that getting a 1:1 would be helpful here. [/b]

The parent gossiping is completely in the wrong. But you've just got to keep working with your kid. He'll get there. [/quote]
A 1:1 for a 5 year old with ADHD who won't program in some after school PE class?!?!?!?! This is absolutely nuts.

OP if you need childcare, find a SAHM who has a backyard and a black lab and pay them to pick your kid up. The school day is over, it is not fair to your son to ask for more programming. He is not a little adult.

For the ADHD, you need to push out the behavior so he learns to read on time. You don't need to fight (or medicate) him to be able to pay attention from 8am to 4pm literally tomorrow. [/quote]

Why is the expectation that a SAHM wants to take care of someone else's kid?  They are home for their kids.  Stop being a user.[/quote]

This is NOT an after school class.  It is part of the school day.  This is obv a private school, but the school is obligated to provide a teacher for every class during the school day.  This “parent volunteer” teaching a class is nonsense- even if it is gym. [/quote]

Op it is a public school. We have a few classes for kids that are funded by pfa: art, stem lab, and Pe for kindergarten. They do get paid but I know it’s a small amount, like less than minimum wage. Most of the parents don’t make it through the year and wind up quitting for whatever reason. Anyway, he does listen and follow directions in the regular classroom (with a lot of effort and positive reinforcement) it’s just this Pe at the end of the day. I would go and pull him out early but I am working then. He just got the diagnosis so I haven’t had a meeting with the school yet. [/quote]

Sounds like he is doing reasonably well in the classroom so I’d just keep doing what you are doing, and keep working with his teacher.

PE can be more problematic for some ADHD kids (I have one) due to the more unstructured nature of the class. Add in an unqualified “teacher” (not criticizing that parent at all- wonderful for them to volunteer)  and i can see why things would not go well. [/quote]

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