All About ADHD : Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

[baobei]

The preschool teachers for my child feel that my child does not have ADHD, in fact describe child as a kind soul with leadership qualities. However, in primary school, after half a year of complaining of noisy classmates, ended up being diagnosed with ADHD. Nowadays, he would act impulsively and throw tantrums in class. I became confused whether it was due to environment that has caused child to be so or was it due to ADHD not detected earlier.


After working with psychologists, counsellors and therapists, we felt that there are improvement in child's behaviour management. Somehow, it is not up to the school teacher's expectation. Teacher claims that no children would approach child to talk, however, I saw friends initiating talk with him at busstops. I wonder if the children is being stopped by teacher in class to talk to him.

[jedamum]

baobei:

Littlefly, did you change son's school due to being asked by teacher? My boy's form teacher called and suggested that he may not be suitable for the environment and suggested to find him a place suitable for him. Do you get such calls from teachers? Do teacher call to feedback how disruptive the child is in class once per term or they would give frequent feedbacks after knowing child having ADHD?

baobei,
did you speak to the Principal?
is it possible to change class?

[baobei]

jedamum:

baobei:

Littlefly, did you change son's school due to being asked by teacher? My boy's form teacher called and suggested that he may not be suitable for the environment and suggested to find him a place suitable for him. Do you get such calls from teachers? Do teacher call to feedback how disruptive the child is in class once per term or they would give frequent feedbacks after knowing child having ADHD?

baobei,
did you speak to the Principal?
is it possible to change class?

Hi jedamum,

Nope, I did not speak to the principal. However, principal is aware that he is an ADHD child. I do not want child to suffer in school by making complains.

Sigh! He was asked to change class after P1 as there are too many \"naughty\" children in class and since he keep complaining, teacher suggested to split up the children and move him and a few others to other classes. Apparently in the new class, there is a bully that keeps bullying him during recess time and he was very unhappy with the school then. As the P1 teacher has hoped, he did get into the top classes in P3. He went to the new class happily this year, in fact, he is happy most of the time and has mentioned that he has kept trying hard to improve but not to the teacher's expectation I guess. I guess the teacher is biased towards him now. She mentioned that he did not do his work in class and did not take initiative to hand in in class but also interrupting at the wrong time when he did take initiative to hand in. I told her this boy needs help, perhaps she can get it from the child, she said she expect them to be responsible for handing in their work. Child's story is he did try hard to hand in but at times he was told to take it back. This term, is worst. His workbook is with the teacher and when he asked for it, teacher ignores him. After 2 weeks of questioning him, I wrote to the teacher, the next day, he get his workbook back with his work not marked. Teacher did not even reply my email on this issue. I belive with such situation, a motivated child will also become unmotivated.

[luvmum]

Preschool is a totally different environment from primary school. Preschool tends to be more protected, greater attention given by the teacher and there is no exam for the child to be stressful about. Hours are short and the teachers will not be ablt to detect that much.


On the contrary, in a primary shcool setting, child is left to fend for themselves most of the time, teacher has to handle 30-40 students at one go hence little focus on each child and with all the mountainous homework and bite size tests here and there coupled with the long hours in school, a number of issues surfaced.

[fifiyeo]

If the teacher tried to be funny, bring it up to the learning support officers if your school has them and the principle. Get the pyschologist to write in for you with recommendations as to how the teachers should handle the child.


I did that. Teachers mostly will follow. For those who didn’t, form teacher actually apologised to me. Every time the Dr’s letter or email goes out, no questions asked. But you have to be very brave.

[blueappletree]

Interested to find out more about ADHD and how to manage children with ADHD? Join us at Olive Tree Development Center for a free talk by Bella Chin, a founder member of SPARK!

Synopsis

Bella will share about the symptoms of ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), the issues facing children with this condition, and some behaviour management tips for the parents.

Kristin will do a preview of dance & movement and share how creative movement enhances development for children with special needs to improve gross motor skills, co-ordination, balance , bilateral control. It also opens up a venue for expression of emotions through movement and play in a multi-sensory environment. The movement activities are improvised, guided by images and stories and aims to improve confidence, self revelation.

About the Speakers

Bella Chin is a founder member of SPARK and has been its President since the formation of the VWO in year 2000. SPARK is a self-help advocacy group for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) run purely by parent volunteers. Bella was a working mum with 3 grown up sons, one of whom has the ADHD condition. Since her retirement from corporate world in Dec 2011, she has devoted more time to SPARK, organising pioneering programs in 2012 for families with ADHD children

Kristin Viggosdottir (B.Sc, Iceland) is an Occupational Therapist registered with the UK Health Profressional Council and has 9 years experience working with children and adults. She holds a Masters in Dance Movement Therapy from Codarts University of Rotterdam, Netherlands and runs movement courses for children.

Date: Thur 22 Nov 2012, 7.00 to 9.30 pm
Venue : Olive Tree Development Center, 179A Thomson Road
2nd Floor Goldhill Center, Behind Burger King (http://www.olive-tree.sg)
Register : Contact Chiu @ 96783211 / 62525200. (Talk is FOC)
Agenda : 7.00-8.00 pm Understanding ADHD and Behavior Management - Bella Chin
8.00-9.00 pm Creative Movement Therapy - Kristin Viggosdottir
9.00-9.30 pm Parent's fellowship over coffee/snacks

Hope to see you there!

[baobei]

fifiyeo:

If the teacher tried to be funny, bring it up to the learning support officers if your school has them and the principle. Get the pyschologist to write in for you with recommendations as to how the teachers should handle the child.


I did that. Teachers mostly will follow. For those who didn't, form teacher actually apologised to me. Every time the Dr's letter or email goes out, no questions asked. But you have to be very brave.

It is the form teacher who said that. She is the teacher for all subjects except Chinese.

Guess what? She called today to ask us whether child's report book is at home. She only realise it when she wants to give out the report.

[fifiyeo]

baobei:

fifiyeo:

If the teacher tried to be funny, bring it up to the learning support officers if your school has them and the principle. Get the pyschologist to write in for you with recommendations as to how the teachers should handle the child.


I did that. Teachers mostly will follow. For those who didn't, form teacher actually apologised to me. Every time the Dr's letter or email goes out, no questions asked. But you have to be very brave.

It is the form teacher who said that. She is the teacher for all subjects except Chinese.

Guess what? She called today to ask us whether child's report book is at home. She only realise it when she wants to give out the report.

Your DC's teacher got organising problems. How can a teacher not know that the report book was not handed in until she wants to give it out!!!

She'll be in trouble with me and the school if she was our form teacher.

[MamaO]

i also suspect my boy to have ADHD, still going through assement (1.5 years, seen the doctor twice so far) at KKH but whenever he goes to the clinic, he is very obedient to sit there and play the toys (new toys from new place) to entertain him while i am with the doctor.

Looking at that, the doctor will say how could he be ADHD when he could sit and play on his own.
As a mother if i am really having difficult, how will i want to suspect him as ADHD.
- He could not pay attention in class, attention spend is very short, making his result poor.
- He do not walk about in class but he could be figet and bitting nails or daydream
- Could not follow to instruction (asked him to stop running in a mall- could not).
- Awareness of enviroment is zero, just do thing without realise the
Consequence.
- Alot of teachers did mention, instruction given has to be repeatly many times.
- When seeing something require a little thinking, he will not want to do or anyhow do without thinking.
I am wondering if i should bring him to private and assesst him. Anyone can advise?

[MamaO]

slmkhoo:

MamaO:

i also suspect my boy to have ADHD, still going through assement (1.5 years, seen the doctor twice so far) at KKH but whenever he goes to the clinic, he is very obedient to sit there and play the toys (new toys from new place) to entertain him while i am with the doctor.

Looking at that, the doctor will say how could he be ADHD when he could sit and play on his own.
As a mother if i am really having difficult, how will i want to suspect him as ADHD.
- He could not pay attention in class, attention spend is very short, making his result poor.
- He do not walk about in class but he could be figet and bitting nails or daydream
- Could not follow to instruction (asked him to stop running in a mall- could not).
- Awareness of enviroment is zero, just do thing without realise the
Consequence.
- Alot of teachers did mention, instruction given has to be repeatly many times.
- When seeing something require a little thinking, he will not want to do or anyhow do without thinking.
I am wondering if i should bring him to private and assesst him. Anyone can advise?

Your son sounds perfectly normal for his age. I don't think any assessment at this age will be useful.

He is 7, it's still unaware of environment, his energy never die, if I bring him out, he will run and jump all over the place (knock or bump into others). we always have a hard time when we go out.
He needs to have thing to do like games if we waiting if not he will ask then what he do, if not run or jump again.
He is full of energy.
Ask him to stop that but he could not, if we do not wants to follow his way, he get angry and scold and nagged.
He never think hes wrong, its always others fault.