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[quote=Anonymous]Earlier PP whose child has ADHD and some other issues here.  The thing that worked for us was evaluation, which led to medication and an IEP.  The IEP has many supports, services and accommodations.  The other thing was that I left the teacher to deal with the classroom - which really improved with the IEP and medication because the amount of work was lessened, he was given more time and the medication helped with his ability to stay on task and get the work he was expected to do completed.  At home, I reinforced good school habits starting in kindergarten - all work gets done, no exceptions.  I gave him control over many things, gradually of course, such as when to do the homework, where to do it, which writing implement, etc.

A couple of things that the school did are that he got preferential seating (criteria was distraction, not location of teacher, but often the least distracting place was by the teacher), he had a reduced work load (this worked because he does well in school and didn't need the amount of repetition that some kids do to master skills), he had extra time, he had a seat cushion, he had a thing they put on his pencil (a gripper sort of thing which for some reason helped him stay on task).  All of this was done through the IEP process, which requires a diagnosis and demonstration of an adverse educational impact.

Even with all of this there were times he missed recess because the mandatory work wasn't done or he needed more work to pick up a skill.  [/quote]

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