Reply to Resources, family therapist, school for anxious, gifted, possibly suicidal ADD boy: HELP!

Forum Index » Kids With Special Needs and Disabilities

Reply to "Resources, family therapist, school for anxious, gifted, possibly suicidal ADD boy: HELP! "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP again - great, just got a response from DS's teacher after waiting since Monday for a response.

In closing, she said, "[your DS] is a very intelligent and lovely youngster, but he needs to accept responsibility for his work and stay on top of due dates and deadline dates."

Yes, that's true, AND he's going to need reminders in order to do it until (hopefully) he can assimilate this and improve his executive functioning. (I didn't respond that way but I did call the counselor). [/quote]

This is a typical response from a teacher (no offense to teachers out there; we've had many great ones).  If you child has ADHD/executive functioning disorder, it's not a question of "accepting responsiblity" although that's a part of it.  But he has a disability that may prevent him from doing this without appropriate supports.  It's like telling a person with  hearing impairment that he needs to accept responsibility for hearing better.

ADHD and anxiety/depression often go together.  I agree with others who say Zoloft was a huge help.e
[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics