 I need some advice
Ok so this Will be my first post that is Remotly personal so i want to post here instead of the open forum
so here it goes
PLEASE no negative comments
(deep breath) My oldest son Cody is failing Kindegarden and when i say failing im mean eveything BUT socail skills and this for some reason is minamal at best i dont get it altou Cody can be rambucious he is caring and seeks friends he seems to lack the self cofidence to be a leader with his peers and puppy dog follows kids and this seems to make hime left out alot.
Academically he is a complete Mess he cant sit still while learning and gets frustrated Quickly so we went to the doctors who said he may have adhd we filled out the questionaires and got the lowest dose meds we could. Things got a lil better but then he flatlined again and it seemed to worsen his self esteem so the doctor and i agreed to take him off back at sqaure one !!
heres what weve done so far we work with him everynight roatating what we do each night to completely go over what he should know at this point
in Kindergarden .... every night we have a blowout crying child with such low self esteem i end up crying its a total mess i dont know where he gets this we praise him all the time
heres what the school had done NOTHING we have fought and fought with them and the best they've done is some counseling he has gone 5 times over this las year and they where all in the begging of the year... I have sense pulled him from this and a reading recovery program which is a half hour 3 times a week they basically just go over ABCs and sight words
they have told us 1 we dont qualify (finicailly) for help like tutoring and 2 if they test him for special needs and he doesnt qualify he wont be able to get tested for 2 more yrs
OK so heres my questions
should i try another med for adhd ( i just hate to think im comotosing him)
does anyone have a child with adhd that doesnt have typical syndromes
has anyone gone tru this
what do i do about his school , they seem to fight me every which way
am i failing him ?
i need help and i just dont know where to turn |