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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not an expert here, but wondering how much time your son gets to run around and have unscheduled time alone.  My kid can't focus as well if he hasn't had any break after school.[/quote]

OP here-he attends SACC after school and they have some playground time and then homework time after. For a while, he was getting everything done during that period but there was a teacher there monitoring and assisting the older kids in another room so he was able to stay on task. That has stopped and now, he's in the gym with all the other kids and lots of distractions and all the things that are going on are a lot more interesting than the hundredth math or language worksheet he's trying to do.

The teacher responded to my DH's email basically saying that DS has enough time to do everything and that he requires redirection to stay on task. She had been using some strategies to help him with that but that seems to have waned. I am not sure how I am supposed to monitor that when I am not sitting in the classroom with him all day. He seems to find all these worksheets boring and would rather read or talk to his friends or stare out the window. It's a bit of a vicious cycle and I don't know how to help him. Of course, he has to learn to manage his work and his time but I don't really see the benefit of multiple worksheet packets and homework every single night for a 9 year old. Isn't running around and playing with after being in school all day important?

And no, I have no reason to think he has ADHD. [/quote]

OP-[b] I'm curious why you have no reason to think your DS has ADHD.[/b] My DS9 has ADHD and the overwhelming symptom at school is becoming distracted when he needs to be doing class work.

I'm not saying your son does have ADHD- I'm asking why you think he doesn't? [/quote]

OP here- I guess because I am not that familiar with the symptoms and until reading about other posters experiences with their children, it had not occurred to me that he could have ADHD. I just thought he was a standard bored and distracted 9 y/o. Now I am reconsidering. While I am working on getting a formal evaluation, I purchased this book: [url]http://www.amazon.com/Smart-but-Scattered-Revolutionary-Executive/dp/1593854455?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00[/url], which I'm already finding very helpful. We had a huge meltdown yesterday over catching up some writing assignments and just a little bit more insight into what may be going on was helpful in getting through that and getting the work done....eventually. [/quote]

Driven to Distraction is another good book.

You can also watch some of Dr. Barkley's lectures and talks on youtube.  One of his things is that ADHD is essentially misnamed -- it's an attention regulation disorder, not attention deficit.  Hyperactivity is not a critical element of ADHD and, in fact, causes a lot of kids, especially girls, to be missed.
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