Parents of Children with ADHD Support Group

Hi tjmv12,

Calming down means that he already recognize that he is acting too much or becoming hyper that his body is already tired of moving but his brain still say "GO", and he wants to do something to rest his body. I think that's what my son meant.

I tried the suggestions of some mothers and it is working so far, but we do it before sleeping. At day time since he is home for at least a week and then summer program again, so I will practice the breathing to him on daytime too, so he can use it in school next week.

Thanks for the help and God bless!!!

Hi Hun, how are you ? Please let us know how the Dr. appt. goes tomarrow.

Hi lorig41,

Just arrived from the doctor, and she observed my son and we are still maintaining the same medication.I know the medicine my son is taking is working because when he is with his resource class, he is fine but as soon as he steps into his other class ( his regular class ) he is over stimulated . Their classroom is not well organized, you can see everything. And I don't think that classroom is conducive to learning.

The doctor doesnt want to change his meds because she doesnt want him to be like a zombie. His medicine works at home and in his resource class, I know it's the all knowing teacher . She doesnt want to adjust to kids with disability, her reason is that she is not a special education teacher, so basically, she is not helping my son at all, and the school is tolerating that. My husband and I will call a meeting to fix this issue and request them to put my son in a smaller group.

Tell you more, when summer program starts. Thanks for caring a lot..

God bless and I will all keep you posted on what's going to happen.....

Again God bless!!!

I would think that a teacher would want to learn as she is dealing with a challenging child, whats wrong with her? I think this would be a most positive experience. My daughters teacher for 2nd grade was a blessing because she raised 2 ADHD children of her own, so that was definately a benifit for Angelina.
Some rteachers just dont know what the heck they are doing. This is very common now a-days with kids and now we have a title to this disorder or mental illness.
He will do fine in summer school and sounds like he has a terrific mother!!
hugs,lori

their is a children's book you can get at the library Called "Learning to slow down and pay attention" by Kathleen G.Nadeau,ph.d. and Ellen B.Dixon,ph.d. it's a really good book it help my daughter also I heard fish oil help but never tried it though!

Hi Katie,

Thanks I will definitely look for that book and try it. I am so glad that all of you are helping me cope through all these.

Thanks a lot and God bless!!!

Something that has worked for our son the past few years at school came from one of the other teachers at the school where I teach. Our son's room was less organized that he needed, and when he started getting agitated, he went to a "safe place" to calm down. One year, it was a desk that was in the back corner near the coat rack. This last year, he was allowed to stand right outside the room or go to the counselor's room to sit. Of course, this is something that you have to get the teacher on board with, and it also relied on my son realizing when he was starting to get agitated, or the teacher seeing warning signs. We've been fortunate- our kids go to our parish school, and it's small and we know many of the teachers through Scouts and stuff. I've also taught some of their kids at the public high school I teach at.