My nephew was diagnosed early, but had to go through the humiliation of a Primary school that said , because of the way the Local Education Committee operated,suspending him was the ONLY WAY they would get help. This was traumatic for the whole family & meant he had 2years of stress & rejection before finally getting a Special Ed place.
I have worked with children and teenagers with ADHD, and they have attended specialist schools.
With the teenagers under my supervision, they had actually been expelled from their school, or were on suspension, hence my being with them.
It can take an awfully long time to place children in schools that suit their needs as the local authority will want to be absolutely sure they need this type of schooling.
My last experience working with children with ADHD was some seven years ago, I would imagine, and hope, that things have changed in that time!?
yes they should and then it would make life a little easier for them when they attend high school as they can be prepared a lot better.. i have a friend with a son with the disorder and he had lots of problems when he first started high school with all the different changes that was happening to him..
A relative of mine suffers from ADHD and he's just left school at the age of 16 with no qualifications or hopes to better himself. He constantly proves to all of us, his peers and family members, that given the right attention and support he can behave well and achieve things - but unfortunately, he was never offered any support in terms of education and like you mentioned merely got suspended everytime he did something wrong. It's such a shame he was not given the oppurtunity to fill his potential, and I hope that nowadays there IS more support for people like him. I think ADHD is too often confused with bad behaviour.
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