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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teacher perspective, having worked at a private and now at public: we’ve tried everything on our end and we can’t get the student to stop doing whatever the difficult thing is. All we can do is send them to the office, and in the office they call parents. [b]We need your help to make it stop[/b] and we’re grasping at straws. We want to inconvenience you enough that you make a big deal out of it so [b]maybe the kid finally quits doing whatever the thing is that’s offensive[/b]. [/quote]

Teacher perspective, with all due respect, that's way easier said than done.

[b]Autism and ADHD are neurological disorders.  One does not just decide to behave well or not.

Can you make a blind person quit not being able to see...like ask them to try harder at seeing?  
Or a person with loss of hearing be able to hear?   [/b]

It does not work that way.

Autism and ADHD are not just flip a switch and once you tell them "that's annoying" they just go, OK, and stop.   
It does not work that way here either.  If it did, that would be incredible!   And yet here we are.

OP, please consider leaving this small private before they counsel you out (or maybe you are full pay and they need your money).   Go to a public.  They will still call you, and call you, and email you there too (ask me how I know).   Sooner or later you will get an IEP for your student and hopefully it will be one piece of the puzzle in finding success.  Good luck![/quote]

Actually, it kind of does work that way.

You can HELP a blind person to "see" with sound if they are completely blind, which is why they carry a clicker or stick.  A deaf person has a a larger set of options and if they choose can carry a pen and paper.

If your kid is neurodivergent you are correct that you cannot change how their brain works, but you very much can teach them to thrive in the world as it is using different abilities that they have intrinsically.

Example 
Some ASD kids don't feel empathy the way others do, but they can understand it like a math equation.

Other example
My ADHD kid carries a pocket sized organizer and writes everything he might forget immediately.  He only needs to remember one thing now and we set a timer on his watch for that.

Neuro divergent kids need to learn coping mechanisms that help the individual function. It's worth taking the time to explore those with your therapist.  It's not a one sized fits all solution; it's bespoke for each kid.
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