Ds2 (aged just 7) was diagnosed yesterday with ADHD. I know he has attention problems but I was shocked/surprised. I do think there's 'something wrong' with him, for sure, I thought, tho acknowledge am no expert, that it was more like dyspraxia.
My doubts re diagnosis are mainly that he doesn't fit my limited stereotypical image of a child with ADHD. Yes, he is impulsive, lacks concentration etc etc, but the main thing is he's not at all agressive. I've read many times on here about ADHD making kids wild, smashing things up, very agressive, lots of fight and trouble. That part doesn't fit my ds at all. But then dh thinks I'm mad, that doc is expert not me (of course) and not every child has every symptom. What do you all think?
Anyway, that diagnosis aside, the doc did say he is very intelligent (99%) and was likely to be extremely can't think of word - under stretched at school, leading to further probs.
Cor this is long, sorry. ANy advice how to help my boy?
What I'm unsure about is - he is currently in a swiss school, and will change to Brtitish school in Spetember. Very different system, where he'll go from being tin Yr1 to Yr 3, so a huge gap. SO actually, he's going to go from being really erm under stretched, to probably totally out of his depth, so worried how he'll cope with that frustration.
Second point unsure about - it's a private school. We filled in and submitted form already, amongst which was medical form asking if he had an sen. Dh filled in form and said no (truthful, cos at that point he had no diagnosis, but also dh not really so sure he had prob, mind you, he'd completely forgotten that ds3 had been circumsised so he's not really on the ball anyway..)
SO, do I tell the school and risk him being rejected, or discuss it once he starts, explaining diagnosis happened earlier. Or just leave it and see how he/they get on..
Phew, and finally, doc said not npoow but in future we needed to consider meds eg ritalin, which blew me away really. But given doc in ch, do we really need to go through whole process again? I saw on here that in UK you need consultant prescription. Tho we're actually moving to Italy, not UK.
Oh and one more finally, can anyone recommend a book or something so I can read/learn a bit more, so I can best help my ds.
And what is the done form. DO I tell ds about the diagnosis or just let him carry on, blissfully unaware?
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ernest · 23/01/2008 07:59
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