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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/05/10/richneck-elementary-shooting-mother-interview-adhd/

According to mom, ADHD made him do it.  He said the "teacher wasn't listening to him..."

I taught lots of kids that had diagnosis of ADHD.  Restless?  Yes.  Distracted? yes  Violent?  not beyond playing rough on the playground
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Yeah, blaming the ADHD is WILD to me. I have a child with extremely severe ADHD who had behavioral issues in K. We didn't know any better since he hadn't been in a school style setting because of the pandemic but as soon as we were notified of what was happening during the school day (within the first two weeks of school), we had him evaluated and he then started medication, OT, play therapy, etc. At the school, while the process took longer, he had an IEP and associated services by January. No further behavioral issues during that year or since.

This honestly seems like a failure on multiple fronts to help this child, his teacher and the students negatively impacted by his behavior. At a minimum the parents should have medicated the kid when the severity became known, certainly at school by age 5 instead of waiting until the child was completely out of control in first grade.[b] And the idea you'd just stop attending because your kid has been on medication for less than a week is absurd. [/b]They wouldn't have known whether it was even the correct medication/dosage for their child by then. And the school administrators....yikes. Horrible. [/quote]

According to news sources, the parents didn’t unilaterally stop. Their attendance requirement was eliminated because he had improved and the teacher had recommended extending his school days due to his progress. [/quote]

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