Son with apraxia and adhd in 1'st grade struggling. What would you do? Help

[Guest guest]

Tonight while I was talking to my kids before bed time. Hunter was so

sweet but broke my heart so bad . I had to fight back tears to keep

from crying,. He is in first grade and he is really starting to

struggle in his reading and phonics part because of his Speech

Problems that he has. He also has ADHD, and we are struggling right

now to find a medicine that helps him with both his hyperness and

being able to concentrate at the same time. He has friends and his

peers accept him like any other child, but he can be a loner at

times. I work at the same school he goes to, and Iam an assistant

with a down syndrome little girl that is in the first grade. Hunter

is in 1 first grade room, the girl I work with is in the other first

grade classroom. Both classes have p.e. at the same time and I take

the girl I work with in there also at this time. I was late today

taking her and got there at the last 5 minutes of class. When he saw

me, hecame across that playground so fast, he just totally lite up

from head to toe and came running at us. He told me not to be late

or miss again because he had no one to play with when we didn't come

out. We had to be there when we were supposed to.

Tonight he told me no one liked him in his class and I was his best

friend in his whole class and I had to come to p.e. on time so he

could have a good p.e. time with me being there. I just wanted to

break down and cry. When he told me that it just about broke my

heart. I know he just had a rough day at school. But it just makes

me wonder how often he feels this way. The last few weeks, he has

told me repeatedly, he hates school and wants to stay at home. This

just tears me up and he starts telling me this and crying. It hurts

me so bad. He has apraxia and also auditory processing disorder, so

with this 1'st grade is a struggle. Plus his adhd problems on top of

his speech. Does anyone have any suggestions. help me please!!!!

[Guest guest]

I do not have any suggestions but I know what you are going through. My

daughter is in Kindergarten for the second time because of her social skills.

My husband and I have noticed that we the kids go out for P.E. the teachers do

not have any organized activities for the children to do. Our children are just

left to play by themselves. My daughter wants to play with the other children

but just does not know how to ask so now she has started pushing and touching

the other children. She has been on the ProEfa, ProEpa, Vit. E and High Gamma

for a while 2x a day along with Enzymes 3x a day. Does anyone have any

suggestions as to how we control this behavior or is it a phase?

I will pray for you and your family that the school system will soon organized

some activities that will include all children, so that our children especially

will not have that feel that hurt. It is a hurt that a mother's love can not

heal.

Bonnye - Faith's mommy(6 years old with CAS)

Janice <jscott@...> wrote:

Firstly,

I just want to say that I am sorry that your son is being put through this

torture. My son went through the same thing in grade 1 (which was really the

worst) and I write on this board daily because of the horrific issues our

children have within the school system and survival skills, in general.

You have one really great thing going for you. You are part of the staff and can

watch over your child, albeit from a distance. Everyone will know that he is

yours and I highly doubt that anyone will mess with him since you are in the

picture. Don't hesitate to advocate on his behalf.

Things I would suggest you conisider trying for him:

For hyperactivity: The Feingold Diet... this works wonders for these children.

See http://www.feingold.org/pg-overview.html

For Auditory Processing Disorder:

#1 Try an elimination of casien (milk products) to see if he is a responder (3

week minimum)

#2 Look into The Listening Program to stimulate his ears available through

Advanced Brain Technologies (see below)

#3 Look into Brainbuilder at http://www.advancedbrain.com and work with your

child's short term auditory memory using digit spans

#4 Other programs that I have no experience with but others have found useful

are earobics, Mood Bell and FastForward (expensive)

My son is 12 and we resolved his auditory processing issues within one year of

really, really hard and intensive work. It has helped him tremendously in all

areas of function.

Be sure to look at the ProEfa and ProEPA supplements that we are all using for

our children along with vitamin E. Many moms have had wonderful responses from

their kids on this board from these items.

I hope this gives you a start.

Janice

Mother of Mark, 12

[sPAM] [ ] Son with apraxia and adhd in 1'st grade

struggling. What would you do? Help

Tonight while I was talking to my kids before bed time. Hunter was so

sweet but broke my heart so bad . I had to fight back tears to keep

from crying,. He is in first grade and he is really starting to

struggle in his reading and phonics part because of his Speech

Problems that he has. He also has ADHD, and we are struggling right

now to find a medicine that helps him with both his hyperness and

being able to concentrate at the same time. He has friends and his

peers accept him like any other child, but he can be a loner at

times. I work at the same school he goes to, and Iam an assistant

with a down syndrome little girl that is in the first grade. Hunter

is in 1 first grade room, the girl I work with is in the other first

grade classroom. Both classes have p.e. at the same time and I take

the girl I work with in there also at this time. I was late today

taking her and got there at the last 5 minutes of class. When he saw

me, hecame across that playground so fast, he just totally lite up

from head to toe and came running at us. He told me not to be late

or miss again because he had no one to play with when we didn't come

out. We had to be there when we were supposed to.

Tonight he told me no one liked him in his class and I was his best

friend in his whole class and I had to come to p.e. on time so he

could have a good p.e. time with me being there. I just wanted to

break down and cry. When he told me that it just about broke my

heart. I know he just had a rough day at school. But it just makes

me wonder how often he feels this way. The last few weeks, he has

told me repeatedly, he hates school and wants to stay at home. This

just tears me up and he starts telling me this and crying. It hurts

me so bad. He has apraxia and also auditory processing disorder, so

with this 1'st grade is a struggle. Plus his adhd problems on top of

his speech. Does anyone have any suggestions. help me please!!!!

[Guest guest]

Firstly,

I just want to say that I am sorry that your son is being put through this

torture. My son went through the same thing in grade 1 (which was really the

worst) and I write on this board daily because of the horrific issues our

children have within the school system and survival skills, in general.

You have one really great thing going for you. You are part of the staff and

can watch over your child, albeit from a distance. Everyone will know that he

is yours and I highly doubt that anyone will mess with him since you are in the

picture. Don't hesitate to advocate on his behalf.

Things I would suggest you conisider trying for him:

For hyperactivity: The Feingold Diet... this works wonders for these children.

See http://www.feingold.org/pg-overview.html

For Auditory Processing Disorder:

#1 Try an elimination of casien (milk products) to see if he is a responder

(3 week minimum)

#2 Look into The Listening Program to stimulate his ears available through

Advanced Brain Technologies (see below)

#3 Look into Brainbuilder at http://www.advancedbrain.com and work with your

child's short term auditory memory using digit spans

#4 Other programs that I have no experience with but others have found useful

are earobics, Mood Bell and FastForward (expensive)

My son is 12 and we resolved his auditory processing issues within one year of

really, really hard and intensive work. It has helped him tremendously in all

areas of function.

Be sure to look at the ProEfa and ProEPA supplements that we are all using for

our children along with vitamin E. Many moms have had wonderful responses from

their kids on this board from these items.

I hope this gives you a start.

Janice

Mother of Mark, 12

[sPAM] [ ] Son with apraxia and adhd in 1'st grade

struggling. What would you do? Help

Tonight while I was talking to my kids before bed time. Hunter was so

sweet but broke my heart so bad . I had to fight back tears to keep

from crying,. He is in first grade and he is really starting to

struggle in his reading and phonics part because of his Speech

Problems that he has. He also has ADHD, and we are struggling right

now to find a medicine that helps him with both his hyperness and

being able to concentrate at the same time. He has friends and his

peers accept him like any other child, but he can be a loner at

times. I work at the same school he goes to, and Iam an assistant

with a down syndrome little girl that is in the first grade. Hunter

is in 1 first grade room, the girl I work with is in the other first

grade classroom. Both classes have p.e. at the same time and I take

the girl I work with in there also at this time. I was late today

taking her and got there at the last 5 minutes of class. When he saw

me, hecame across that playground so fast, he just totally lite up

from head to toe and came running at us. He told me not to be late

or miss again because he had no one to play with when we didn't come

out. We had to be there when we were supposed to.

Tonight he told me no one liked him in his class and I was his best

friend in his whole class and I had to come to p.e. on time so he

could have a good p.e. time with me being there. I just wanted to

break down and cry. When he told me that it just about broke my

heart. I know he just had a rough day at school. But it just makes

me wonder how often he feels this way. The last few weeks, he has

told me repeatedly, he hates school and wants to stay at home. This

just tears me up and he starts telling me this and crying. It hurts

me so bad. He has apraxia and also auditory processing disorder, so

with this 1'st grade is a struggle. Plus his adhd problems on top of

his speech. Does anyone have any suggestions. help me please!!!!

[Guest guest]

I don't want to confuse you further, but you actually have a

controversial diagnosis. Many " experts " in auditory processing

issues believe that auditory processing disorder and ADHD are not

generally co-morbid conditions. To me, it seems that it should be

possible for the two disorders to co-exist, but apparently that is

not the accepted science at this time. Children with auditory

processing disorder usually present as inattentive and are often

misdiagnosed as having ADHD. If you feel certain that there is

auditory involvement, I would be very aggressive in attacking that

problem. It can be the source of social difficulties and behaviorial

problems, not just learning problems, so when you clear it up, you

can often solve other problems, too.

We just started our NACD program to attack the auditory issues, and

we will probably start the Listening program very soon. We are dairy

free and mostly follow stage 2 of the Feingold program. I think

stage 2 Feingold can benefit anybody, not just ADHD.

in NJ

>

> Tonight while I was talking to my kids before bed time. Hunter was

so

> sweet but broke my heart so bad . I had to fight back tears to

keep

> from crying,. He is in first grade and he is really starting to

> struggle in his reading and phonics part because of his Speech

> Problems that he has. He also has ADHD, and we are struggling

right

> now to find a medicine that helps him with both his hyperness and

> being able to concentrate at the same time. He has friends and his

> peers accept him like any other child, but he can be a loner at

> times. I work at the same school he goes to, and Iam an assistant

> with a down syndrome little girl that is in the first grade.

Hunter

> is in 1 first grade room, the girl I work with is in the other

first

> grade classroom. Both classes have p.e. at the same time and I

take

> the girl I work with in there also at this time. I was late today

> taking her and got there at the last 5 minutes of class. When he

saw

> me, hecame across that playground so fast, he just totally lite

up

> from head to toe and came running at us. He told me not to be late

> or miss again because he had no one to play with when we didn't

come

> out. We had to be there when we were supposed to.

>

> Tonight he told me no one liked him in his class and I was his

best

> friend in his whole class and I had to come to p.e. on time so he

> could have a good p.e. time with me being there. I just wanted to

> break down and cry. When he told me that it just about broke my

> heart. I know he just had a rough day at school. But it just

makes

> me wonder how often he feels this way. The last few weeks, he has

> told me repeatedly, he hates school and wants to stay at home.

This

> just tears me up and he starts telling me this and crying. It

hurts

> me so bad. He has apraxia and also auditory processing disorder,

so

> with this 1'st grade is a struggle. Plus his adhd problems on top

of

> his speech. Does anyone have any suggestions. help me please!!!!

>

[Guest guest]

First let me say that I totally feel for your situation. This is one of

those things that every parent of an LD child worries about.

Do you happen to live in a neighborhood with lots of other kids? Early

childhood friendships tend to be somewhat ephemeral, and dependent upon

constant contact to be sustained. Instructive story: When I was in

elementary school, I had a bunch of friends in the neighborhood that I

lived in. When I was about eight, we moved into a different neighborhood

that consisted mostly of old rich people without kids. I started having

to take a bus into school, and did not have constant contact with any of

my peers outside of school. My friendships in school definitely suffered

because of this. I became much more of a loner during this time of my

life. It always seemed to me that the other kids had tighter friendships

because they spent so much more time together outside of school.

Several solutions suggest themselves for dealing with this issue. If you

don't live in an area with lots of kids very close by, look into clubs

or kids activities after school that your child can be a part of. I went

to Cub Scouts for several years and got to know a bunch of kids from my

school that I probably never would have socialized with if it were not

for this after-school activity. Swimming lessons, outdoor sports,

camping groups, etc, can all be great mechanisms to jump-start your

child's social inclusion into the group.

If you do live in an area with lots of kids, make you house one of the

cool places. Be the friendly mom with lemonaid and cookies. There are

always houses that kids wind up frequenting in every neighborhood. Build

an *awesome* fort or playhouse in the back yard. I plan to do this

pretty soon....uh,....for my kids...yeah, that's it. I have not yet

settled upon a design, but I have already told my wife and neighbors

that whatever it finally becomes, it will be excessive. :-) One family

near mine actually had a zip-line from one tree to another that ran

about 80 feet. It was the coolest thing ever, and there were always kids

playing there.

Never underestimate the power of sports and physical conditioning. Not

only is it great for kids physically and mentally, but a bit of extra

talent or strength that you can develop will make him fit in that much

better in PE. There is no quicker way to social acceptance in the world

of kids than to be an asset to whatever team you are on. Teach your kid

to hit a baseball well, or kick a soccer ball, or shoot baskets.

Engaging your child in these activities will build coordination and

endurance, and will provide you with some great additional bonding time.

Most of us middle-aged parents could use the extra activity as well.

In short, getting your child into a smaller social setting outside of

school may help him to build social bridges into the larger environment

within school. That's my theory at least. I hope this helps. Be strong,

tell him you love him, and keep being his best friend.

-jimk

PS It is also OK for kids to spend some time alone, and learn to explore

by themselves. I spent countless hours playing in the woods behind my

house, fiddling around with mechanical and electrical things, and

reading tons of science fiction by the time I was in fourth grade. Get

him hooked on reading and cultivate an interest in science, computers,

art, music, whatever works for him.

kathoppy wrote:

>

> Tonight while I was talking to my kids before bed time. Hunter was so

> sweet but broke my heart so bad . I had to fight back tears to keep

> from crying,. He is in first grade and he is really starting to

> struggle in his reading and phonics part because of his Speech

> Problems that he has. He also has ADHD, and we are struggling right

> now to find a medicine that helps him with both his hyperness and

> being able to concentrate at the same time. He has friends and his

> peers accept him like any other child, but he can be a loner at

> times. I work at the same school he goes to, and Iam an assistant

> with a down syndrome little girl that is in the first grade. Hunter

> is in 1 first grade room, the girl I work with is in the other first

> grade classroom. Both classes have p.e. at the same time and I take

> the girl I work with in there also at this time. I was late today

> taking her and got there at the last 5 minutes of class. When he saw

> me, hecame across that playground so fast, he just totally lite up

> from head to toe and came running at us. He told me not to be late

> or miss again because he had no one to play with when we didn't come

> out. We had to be there when we were supposed to.

>

> Tonight he told me no one liked him in his class and I was his best

> friend in his whole class and I had to come to p.e. on time so he

> could have a good p.e. time with me being there. I just wanted to

> break down and cry. When he told me that it just about broke my

> heart. I know he just had a rough day at school. But it just makes

> me wonder how often he feels this way. The last few weeks, he has

> told me repeatedly, he hates school and wants to stay at home. This

> just tears me up and he starts telling me this and crying. It hurts

> me so bad. He has apraxia and also auditory processing disorder, so

> with this 1'st grade is a struggle. Plus his adhd problems on top of

> his speech. Does anyone have any suggestions. help me please!!!!

>

>

[Guest guest]

,

What methods did you use to help you with personal organization at school?

Firstly, I am getting worn out. I feel like I am repeating the 7th grade and

cannot do this for much longer. I make lunches, organize his books, review his

materials, make flashcards (for test review) and everything! So far, he is

getting A's in everything but I know that this is a false measure. I am

'over-prepping' him and babying him through this transition from special

education to mainstream and I am becoming physically worn and exhausted. We've

hardly done any of our therapy program since returning to mainstream and he

needs this so desparately to finish things off.

It's just that he seems soooo helpless. Everything that he is struggling with

seems related to organization rather than to the actual school work. I feel

like if we could just get this area 'down', life would get back to normal

again...... and I too, could have a life!

Sounds like you've been there.... tell me.... how do I get this guy more

self-sufficient? He is motivated and he is not lazy but he just seems so

haphazard and 'lost' with regards to his personal belongings and self-care

skills. I almost lost it with him this morning since it took him close to 10

minutes to get his gear inside of his knapsack. Of course, I know better and I

know that you absolutely cannot rush or brow-beat these children since all

systems head for 'automatic shut-down' when you do. His older NT sister thinks

that I baby him way too much and that I should get tougher on him but I know

that this is definately not the answer..... some days I am tempted but overall

he is such a good kid and he really, really wants to 'get-it-together'. I

notice that he has no problems getting it together when it comes to his video

games, arranging parties for all of the boys to come over to our house and

finding all of the special items needed to 'entertain' and to 'party' so perhaps

the daughter is correct.... do I need to get more disciplined with him? My

mommy instinct says no but right now I am on the edge of a major verbal 'tear'

when it comes to this issue. He needs to grow up and 'get with it' but how do I

get him there in a loving and positive manner?

Janice

[sPAM] Re: [ ] Son with apraxia and adhd in 1'st

grade struggling. What would you do? Help

First let me say that I totally feel for your situation. This is one of

those things that every parent of an LD child worries about.

Do you happen to live in a neighborhood with lots of other kids? Early

childhood friendships tend to be somewhat ephemeral, and dependent upon

constant contact to be sustained. Instructive story: When I was in

elementary school, I had a bunch of friends in the neighborhood that I

lived in. When I was about eight, we moved into a different neighborhood

that consisted mostly of old rich people without kids. I started having

to take a bus into school, and did not have constant contact with any of

my peers outside of school. My friendships in school definitely suffered

because of this. I became much more of a loner during this time of my

life. It always seemed to me that the other kids had tighter friendships

because they spent so much more time together outside of school.

Several solutions suggest themselves for dealing with this issue. If you

don't live in an area with lots of kids very close by, look into clubs

or kids activities after school that your child can be a part of. I went

to Cub Scouts for several years and got to know a bunch of kids from my

school that I probably never would have socialized with if it were not

for this after-school activity. Swimming lessons, outdoor sports,

camping groups, etc, can all be great mechanisms to jump-start your

child's social inclusion into the group.

If you do live in an area with lots of kids, make you house one of the

cool places. Be the friendly mom with lemonaid and cookies. There are

always houses that kids wind up frequenting in every neighborhood. Build

an *awesome* fort or playhouse in the back yard. I plan to do this

pretty soon....uh,....for my kids...yeah, that's it. I have not yet

settled upon a design, but I have already told my wife and neighbors

that whatever it finally becomes, it will be excessive. :-) One family

near mine actually had a zip-line from one tree to another that ran

about 80 feet. It was the coolest thing ever, and there were always kids

playing there.

Never underestimate the power of sports and physical conditioning. Not

only is it great for kids physically and mentally, but a bit of extra

talent or strength that you can develop will make him fit in that much

better in PE. There is no quicker way to social acceptance in the world

of kids than to be an asset to whatever team you are on. Teach your kid

to hit a baseball well, or kick a soccer ball, or shoot baskets.

Engaging your child in these activities will build coordination and

endurance, and will provide you with some great additional bonding time.

Most of us middle-aged parents could use the extra activity as well.

In short, getting your child into a smaller social setting outside of

school may help him to build social bridges into the larger environment

within school. That's my theory at least. I hope this helps. Be strong,

tell him you love him, and keep being his best friend.

-jimk

PS It is also OK for kids to spend some time alone, and learn to explore

by themselves. I spent countless hours playing in the woods behind my

house, fiddling around with mechanical and electrical things, and

reading tons of science fiction by the time I was in fourth grade. Get

him hooked on reading and cultivate an interest in science, computers,

art, music, whatever works for him.

kathoppy wrote:

>

> Tonight while I was talking to my kids before bed time. Hunter was so

> sweet but broke my heart so bad . I had to fight back tears to keep

> from crying,. He is in first grade and he is really starting to

> struggle in his reading and phonics part because of his Speech

> Problems that he has. He also has ADHD, and we are struggling right

> now to find a medicine that helps him with both his hyperness and

> being able to concentrate at the same time. He has friends and his

> peers accept him like any other child, but he can be a loner at

> times. I work at the same school he goes to, and Iam an assistant

> with a down syndrome little girl that is in the first grade. Hunter

> is in 1 first grade room, the girl I work with is in the other first

> grade classroom. Both classes have p.e. at the same time and I take

> the girl I work with in there also at this time. I was late today

> taking her and got there at the last 5 minutes of class. When he saw

> me, hecame across that playground so fast, he just totally lite up

> from head to toe and came running at us. He told me not to be late

> or miss again because he had no one to play with when we didn't come

> out. We had to be there when we were supposed to.

>

> Tonight he told me no one liked him in his class and I was his best

> friend in his whole class and I had to come to p.e. on time so he

> could have a good p.e. time with me being there. I just wanted to

> break down and cry. When he told me that it just about broke my

> heart. I know he just had a rough day at school. But it just makes

> me wonder how often he feels this way. The last few weeks, he has

> told me repeatedly, he hates school and wants to stay at home. This

> just tears me up and he starts telling me this and crying. It hurts

> me so bad. He has apraxia and also auditory processing disorder, so

> with this 1'st grade is a struggle. Plus his adhd problems on top of

> his speech. Does anyone have any suggestions. help me please!!!!

>

>

[Guest guest]

thanks for the suggestions. He doesn't like sports to well, but he

is very active outside. He loves his bicycle, playing on trails in

the woods, plays with his pets, loves video games. He has started

cub scouts this year and loves it.

> >

> > Tonight while I was talking to my kids before bed time. Hunter

was so

> > sweet but broke my heart so bad . I had to fight back tears to

keep

> > from crying,. He is in first grade and he is really starting to

> > struggle in his reading and phonics part because of his Speech

> > Problems that he has. He also has ADHD, and we are struggling

right

> > now to find a medicine that helps him with both his hyperness and

> > being able to concentrate at the same time. He has friends and his

> > peers accept him like any other child, but he can be a loner at

> > times. I work at the same school he goes to, and Iam an assistant

> > with a down syndrome little girl that is in the first grade.

Hunter

> > is in 1 first grade room, the girl I work with is in the other

first

> > grade classroom. Both classes have p.e. at the same time and I

take

> > the girl I work with in there also at this time. I was late today

> > taking her and got there at the last 5 minutes of class. When he

saw

> > me, hecame across that playground so fast, he just totally lite up

> > from head to toe and came running at us. He told me not to be late

> > or miss again because he had no one to play with when we didn't

come

> > out. We had to be there when we were supposed to.

> >

> > Tonight he told me no one liked him in his class and I was his

best

> > friend in his whole class and I had to come to p.e. on time so he

> > could have a good p.e. time with me being there. I just wanted to

> > break down and cry. When he told me that it just about broke my

> > heart. I know he just had a rough day at school. But it just makes

> > me wonder how often he feels this way. The last few weeks, he has

> > told me repeatedly, he hates school and wants to stay at home.

This

> > just tears me up and he starts telling me this and crying. It

hurts

> > me so bad. He has apraxia and also auditory processing disorder,

so

> > with this 1'st grade is a struggle. Plus his adhd problems on top

of

> > his speech. Does anyone have any suggestions. help me please!!!!

> >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

I have to say that all of the suggestions Jim has suggested are great and do

work. My house is the 'cool' house that my son's group of pals tends to hang

out in; I have the basketball hoop out front and we 'practice'. We do all sorts

of sports and I have worked Mark's limbs and neural connections with a vengence

over the years. Greater tone really does wonders for our kids. Today, I went

to pick my 12 year old boy up from Cross-country running club after school and I

had to stop and watch for a while. I was a little late and he was playing a

game of 'pick-up' basketball with a group of boys. I smiled at how far we've

come and thought of you....

I will not beat around the bush.... grade 1 was absolutely the toughest! In

grade 2, boys get a lot more social and begin to make friends. I got lucky in

finding one little boy who lived down the street that was Mark's age. They

played all year round. At times, they were like a couple on the brink of

divorce. They would have little 'squabbles' and one would march home in a

'huff'. Then the other would call and so on and so on. It was a great year of

learning social behaviour. Well, one little boy turned into two little boys.

The second lives down the hill from us and he is a bright, funny and really cool

little guy. This trio has been together for a long, long time. These boys have

literally grown up with Mark's speech issues and don't see it anymore. The

fourth in our gang is my beau's son who is a couple of years younger than these

guys but is the superstar quarterback of his football team and puts all of these

kids to shame athleticly. But it doesn't matter because all they really care

about is playing and getting together.

In this way, we traversed the landscape from being alone and lonely in grade 1

to becoming social and fun-loving in grade 7. I suspect that there are many

lonely kids in grade one since the children are really just learning social

skills.

BUT.... you can use this opportunity to your advantage if you can find a kid or

two on your block with whom your son can befriend.... Remember, we didn't

really start 'socializing' until grade 2.... so keep your eyes open and ready to

pounce on good oportunities! When they 'grow' up with the speech issue; other

kids just really begin to accept it as a 'non-issue'. UNLESS..... your child

drools..... this was a real issue for Mark in grade 1 and I suspect that it took

the summer hollidays for the other kids to forget that he had had this

problem....

Janice

[sPAM] [ ] Re: Son with apraxia and adhd in 1'st

grade struggling. What would you do? Help

thanks for the suggestions. He doesn't like sports to well, but he

is very active outside. He loves his bicycle, playing on trails in

the woods, plays with his pets, loves video games. He has started

cub scouts this year and loves it.

> >

> > Tonight while I was talking to my kids before bed time. Hunter

was so

> > sweet but broke my heart so bad . I had to fight back tears to

keep

> > from crying,. He is in first grade and he is really starting to

> > struggle in his reading and phonics part because of his Speech

> > Problems that he has. He also has ADHD, and we are struggling

right

> > now to find a medicine that helps him with both his hyperness and

> > being able to concentrate at the same time. He has friends and his

> > peers accept him like any other child, but he can be a loner at

> > times. I work at the same school he goes to, and Iam an assistant

> > with a down syndrome little girl that is in the first grade.

Hunter

> > is in 1 first grade room, the girl I work with is in the other

first

> > grade classroom. Both classes have p.e. at the same time and I

take

> > the girl I work with in there also at this time. I was late today

> > taking her and got there at the last 5 minutes of class. When he

saw

> > me, hecame across that playground so fast, he just totally lite up

> > from head to toe and came running at us. He told me not to be late

> > or miss again because he had no one to play with when we didn't

come

> > out. We had to be there when we were supposed to.

> >

> > Tonight he told me no one liked him in his class and I was his

best

> > friend in his whole class and I had to come to p.e. on time so he

> > could have a good p.e. time with me being there. I just wanted to

> > break down and cry. When he told me that it just about broke my

> > heart. I know he just had a rough day at school. But it just makes

> > me wonder how often he feels this way. The last few weeks, he has

> > told me repeatedly, he hates school and wants to stay at home.

This

> > just tears me up and he starts telling me this and crying. It

hurts

> > me so bad. He has apraxia and also auditory processing disorder,

so

> > with this 1'st grade is a struggle. Plus his adhd problems on top

of

> > his speech. Does anyone have any suggestions. help me please!!!!

> >

> >

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